Telephone Mast Review - JMMCG Details - Submission - 21 January 2007

www.jerseymastconcern.co.uk

We are asking whilst there are still serious concerns over the health implications of mobile masts, that States of Jersey proceed with a precautionary approach to putting up further masts. We have three wee make the States of Jersey seriously take notice and put Islanders health before profit.

Each telecoms company provided with a license to operate a mobile network in Jerse required to provide Island coverage. Jersey Telecoms has over 100 antenna to provi coverage at the moment. Some of these are placed on masts (mobile phone masts). We have 3 operators in Jersey so you can expect this to be more like 300 antenna/mast the near future. In addition new services require an upgrade to 3G masts which are fiercer than many of the masts we have on the Island at the moment. Mast sharing h been provided as a solution by States members however in terms of electromagnetic radiation emissions, this will have no benefit.

Dr Blackwell an expert in the field of mobile masts, when asked "What the health implications are likely to be to our Island from over 200 masts?" he advised. "I b it's possible to say pretty definitively now that the potential health implication Jersey are: Significantly increased incidence of cancer over the next few years (a types); significant increase in incidence of brain degenerative disorders such as Alzheimers and (particularly) Motor Neurone Disease; widespread incidence of sleep disorders and disrupted diurnal (daily) rhythms, leading to a significant degradat quality of life for substantial numbers of Jersey residents; increased incidence o epilepsy and increased incidence of fitting by known epileptics - both particularl respect of children; significantly increased incidence of hyperactivity among chil of all ages through to teenagers, and an increased level of non-specific distress (crying, obvious discomfort, sleep problems) for numbers of babies; significant incidence of hearing disorders - hearing hums, clicks, buzzes, that aren't actuall there, tinnitus - all of these severe for some sufferers; low-level infections tha on for months and just won't clear up - throat infections, colds etc; very serious discomfort/pain for a small percentage of the population (typically 3% to 5%, risi over time) who are particularly electrosensitive, often totally debilitating; vari other disorders caused by disruption of intercellular signaling in the body; signi detrimental effects on wildlife, cattle, birds - I'd expect the bird population to significantly over a period. There may well be other effects, but this gives a pre clear picture."

Our politicians have sighted the emissions from a TV, radio or microwave in our ho being far higher than mobile antenna. However this is not a comparison, the Freibu Appeal highlights 'pulsed' microwaves as the root cause of the problem - this does apply to radio & TV. Electromagnetic radiation from mobile antenna (masts) is cons and we cannot switch them off.

The ICNIRP guidelines used to manage mobile mast emissions are also irrelevant to the actual problem as the based on thermal effects not biological. They were put in place in 1998 and have not been updated.

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Summary of Published Epidemiological Studies near Base-stations

Eger(2004) GSM 1000 over a 10 yr period Cancer 3-fold increase at <

400m, 8 years Wolf(2004) GSM-like 622 at<350m, 1222 elsewhere Cancer 4-fold increase in

1 year exposure incidence at<350m cf

general population

Awaiting publication:

1. Hutter et al - Mobile Telephone Base-stations: effects on health and well-being. Occup & Environmental Medicine.
2. Oberfeld et al. The Microwave Syndrome - Further Aspects of a Spanish Study. Environmental Epidemiology. Both of these studies identify a non-psychosomatic increase in cardiovascular problems.