Subject: (Philips) Re Australian Standards (fwd)
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 230813 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru@hotmail.com
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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 12:11:28
From: Alasdair Philips
To: Max Wallis
Cc: rbeavers@llion.org, mwn@pobox.com, cherry@kea.lincoln.ac.nz
Subject: Re: Australian Standards (fwd)
Max
I am copying this around the EMF-L discussion group as well as to Dr Neil
Cherry for any comments.
Your reply got me thinking and checking. You are quite right, the 2uW/cm2
level is the one quoted on the first page of Neil Cherry's booklet. I have
now investigated further:
That decision ONLY applies to one specific base-station mast at Ilam, a
suburb of Christchurch. In fact, as you will see from my own "masts"
document, 2uW/cm is equivalent to a signal strength of 3V/m which is not
generally exceeded in public places, especially urban and city areas, by
signals from cell phone base-stations. Vodaphone and Orange agree that, if
forced, they could probably accept such a limit as very few of their
existing UK masts will be exceeding it. That goes along with my many
measurements. I have rarely found above 1 V/m in areas of public access
near to masts (0.3uW/cm2 only).
In fact, the NZ overall limit IS 200uW/cm2 which was adopted in 1990. In
1996 their Ministry of Health banned them on public school sites.
The city of Christchurch has maintained discretion as to whether
transmitters may be errected within 300m of residential areas or give rise
to public exposures over 50uW/cm2.
Most other cities in NZ strictly enforce the 200uW/cm2 but many STRONGLY
TRY TO ENCOURANGE operators to keep masts at least 300 metres from
residential areas. This isn't law, though.
UK Liverpool Council have not bothered to contact me.
Good wishes
Alasdair
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Alasdair Philips (aphilips@gn.apc.org)
Director, UK Powerwatch,
EMC Engineer and EMF-bioeffects researcher
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At 23:19 26/09/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 14:55:32
>> To: cymru@foe.co.uk
>> From: Alasdair Philips
>> Subject: Re: Australian & NZ Standards (fwd)
>>
>>Max
>>Thanks for your letter/note Re.Liverpool.
>>The NZ Standard was 200 microwatts/cm2 (0.2mW/cm2) I was not >>aware it
had been lowered. Neil Cherry has long campaigned >>for 2uW/cm2 (0.02mW/cm2).
>>
>I've just taken it from his document, decision by the 1995 >Planning
Tribunal was 2 microW/cm2 and Neil Cherry argues for >0.1 against cancer
and 0.01microW/cm2 against miscarriage, >etc.
>
>The Liverpool decsion turns out to be just by a committee, and >the
industry has been lobbying hard to prevent it being >confirmed ("don't
think you'll win, we've got it covered" said >the Orange rep.) If the
Council haven't contacted you,there's >extra reason to think the officers
have been nobbled.
>
>The Milford Haven Council is worried, shaken by a big >campaign, and
awaiting an NRPB report in a week or so. Not >expected to consider more
than thermal effects, but there >should be some real measurements near the
mast.
>
>Best wishes - sorry to hear of family sickness
>Max
>Max Wallis [maxw@foe.co.uk] FoE Cymru
>33 Castle Arcade Balcony, Cardiff
>tel/ffon 01222 229577 fax/facs 228775
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Alasdair Philips (aphilips@gn.apc.org)
Director, UK Powerwatch,
EMC Engineer and EMF-bioeffects researcher
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