Subject:  173 British MPs "worried" about mobile phones (Machnocz)..
Date:     Sat, 18 Mar 2000 112731 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
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From: jim mochnacz 
To: Chris MaGuire Ev Post 
Date: 17 March 2000 12:16
Subject: 173 MPs express their concerns re mobile phones



Chris Maguire. Evening Post.


Jim Mochnacz, Lib Dem Member for Street at Mendip District Council,
and campaigner about health problems associated with mobile phones, said
"I am encouraged that so many MPs (173 and rising) are now expressing
their concerns to Cabinet Ministers about mobile phones and masts via
this EDM 56 (Early Day Motion)."

"The Government say that there is no conclusive proof of a threat to
health. Nevertheless, studies undertaken in Australia, Poland, Sweden and
the United States have raised the spectre of dizzy spells, fatigue, headaches, 
memory loss, skin irritation, damage to the immune system, brain
damage and cancer." said Cllr Jim Mochnacz. 

" There is a blatant conflict of interests when government is on one hand
supposed to be considering many scientific reports and public concerns
about microwaves from mobile phones and on the other receiving billions
of pounds in an auction from five mobile phone companies for the next
(third) generation of mobile phones. It is a disgrace and potentially,
like BSE, has a strong likely-hood of coming back to haunt us."

Mendip District Council was the first council in England to adopt (April
99) the "Precautionary Principle" to keep the mobile phone masts away
from schools and hospitals.

EDM56 : 
"That this House notes the considerable public concern regarding the
siting of new mobile telecommunication masts; further notes the comments
of the World Health Organisation on the scarcity of data on possible
long-term health risks; and therefore urges the Department of the
Environment, Transport and the Regions, local planning authorities and
mobile phone network providers to work in partnership to ensure that
extensions to these networks apply the sequential approach to the siting
of masts, starting with the sharing of existing masts, the use of
existing buildings and structures, and (only when new masts can be shown
to be essential), employ the precautionary principle in siting these masts
where they will cause the least possible visual and environmental impact
and as far as possible from schools and areas of high population density."


Jim Mochnacz jim.mochnacz@ukonline.co.uk
Wellside 2B Park Rd STREET BA16 0JN 01458 442229





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