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News Roundup: Health fears over mobile masts

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Published: 26 Jan 2001 17:48 GMT

Concern that mobile phones and masts pose a threat to public health is growing, despite there being no definite proof that either phones or masts are actually harmful. Now, Kent County Council has decided it will refuse to allow mobile network operators to erect masts on its land, and accuses the mobile companies of refusing to address the fears of the general public.

Read what scientists, mobile companies, the government and the public have to say about this issue.

NEWS:
Hospital mobile mast plan sparks row
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 Mast goes up on London hospital, but complaints could mean it coming down

Kent council bans mobile masts
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 Council calls on mobile phone companies to end their silence over safety concerns

Kent County Council to ban mobile masts
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 County council claims it is merely following the precautionary approach recommended in Stewart Report

Mobile phones linked to eye cancer
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 German study finds a connection, but scientists insist wider corroboration is needed

Mobile phone firms face fresh lawsuits over tumours
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 Council calls on mobile phone companies to end their silence over safety concerns

Research: Mobiles potentially harmful to human cells
Mon, 11 Dec Research using realistically shaped computer simulations human cells concludes that mobile phones cause more intensive electric fields within tissue than previously thought

Government U-turn on mobiles
Fri, 08 Dec Patricia Hewitt's assurances that hands free kits provide protection from radiation were wrong

UK mobile phones to carry health warnings
Mon, 27 Nov Government guidelines are to be hurried through before Christmas

Latest: Children at risk from mobiles
Mon, 27 Nov British scientist accuses mobile manufacturers of using Stewart Report to bewilder the public and says mobiles could be risky for children

Report: Hands-free mobiles triple radiation risk
Thu, 02 Nov UPDATE: Consumers' Association raises new worries over hands-free mobiles, but DTI calls study 'dubious'

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