-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:46:10 EST To: EMF guru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Subject: Mirror 17/1/00 & 'Social Security Staff threaten walk out over mast' FYI Monday 17th Jan 2000 SCHOOLS GIVE LESSONS ON MOBILE PHONE DANGERS SCHOOLCHILDREN are now getting lessons in the classroom on how to use their mobile phones safely. One local education authority is teaching pupils about the possible health dangers posed by mobiles, following an explosion in the number of under-16s who carry them. Two more authorities are set to follow suit and issue pupils with their own guidelines on how to cut the health risks. Brighton and Hove Council in East Sussex has been warning 55,000 children - some as young as five - in its 77 schools of the dangers since last year. Education chiefs in Derbyshire are now writing to 400 schools with a similar warning. And in Edinburgh councillors are drawing up guidelines to help teachers educate 60,000 pupils on the dangers. Microwave radiation from mobiles is feared to cause cancer, affect blood pressure and cause memory problems. And scientists fear young children may be the most vulnerable. Dr Henry Lai, of the University of Washington, Seattle, said: "It is very scary that so many children in Britain are using mobiles. We have no idea of the effect. I won't let my seven-year-old child use a mobile phone." Professor Gerald Hyland of the University of Warwick added: "It's totally irresponsible for parents to let their children have mobiles. It is the equivalent of giving the child a cyanide pill." The advice which teachers in East Sussex are giving to their pupils includes: Use a land line rather than a mobile if possible. Keep mobiles as far away from the head as possible while making calls. Keep mobile calls short. Buy a mobile from Vodaphone or Cellnet, which operate at lower frequencies. Edinburgh City Council will offer similar advice. Local councillor Brian Fallon said: "We will advise school children to use a land line. If that's not possible, use an earpiece and carry your mobile in a plastic bag or handbag because, if there was a harmful effect from radiation levels, it would be worse if the phone is next to the body." About 350,000 children in Britain now use mobile phones. Over Christmas the mobile phone industry gained an extra four million subscribers - many of them children. Perdita Patterson, editor of What Mobile, said mobile firms are increasingly targeting children, by making phones more brightly coloured and exciting, and by introducing the ability to send text messages. And the sudden rise in mobile phone ownership has also landed schools with a financial headache. Headmasters are spending way over their phone budget - because parents keep leaving mobile numbers to ring them back on. Monday 17th Jan 2000 ======= I'M 12 AND SPEND POUNDS 50 A MONTH ON MY MOBILE CALLS SAMMY Jagger is only 12 years old but she would never leave home without her mobile phone. She thinks little of spending all of her pounds 50-a-month pocket money on her latest fashion accessory. Without it she would be the odd one out - because ALL her classmates have one. Sammy says: "Everyone in my class owns a mobile and we all take them to school. They're a real 'must have'." Sammy and her friends are not allowed to use their phones in class at the private all-girls Sir William Perkins's School, in Chertsey, Surrey, but they can make calls and send text messages during break-times. Sammy, of Walton-on-Thames, says "It's a fashion accessory and it's cool to have different-coloured covers. In the past you might have a handbag to go with your outfit, but now you have a sexy mobile. My phone's black so it goes with anything." She dismisses any health fears, saying: "I've heard they fry your brains but I'm sure I don't use it enough for that." Meanwhile, Sian Hills, 13, says mobiles are just as vital an accessory at her school, Chipping Sodbury Comprehensive, near Bristol. She says: "All kids say to each other in the playground is 'call me on my mobile'." Sian got her phone from her parents for Christmas and spends about pounds 5 a week on calls. Like Sammy, she shrugs off safety fears, saying: "I haven't heard about them being dangerous. When I make a call it is pretty short so I'm sure I'm all right." ======= 'Walk-out' threat over phone mast Social services staff have threatened to walk out if mobile phone masts are erected on their office building. Angry employees at the Oxfordshire County Council offices in Cowley Road, Oxford, fear risks to their health. Staff voiced their concern at a public meeting on Thursday and warned they would demonstrate to stop workmen from mobile phone firm Orange from putting up the six masts. One worker, who asked not to be named to protect her job, said: "We are not saying we will refuse to work. We are saying we will refuse to work there. "We believe the council is contravening its duty of care to staff and is severely risking our health and safety. "Would anyone feel safe working in a building with these masts on top?" The meeting, attended by more than 60 people, was organised by Cameo, the Campaign Against Masts in East Oxfordshire. The group urged residents to stop workmen putting up the masts when the work begins next Thursday. Nobody from Orange attended, despite being invited. There are widespread concerns among the public about possible health risks caused by mobile phone masts although the phone companies insist there is no "substantiated evidence" to suggest any link. Oxford Cameo spokesman Dharesh Turnbull said: "Until we know exactly how these masts affect the health of people nearby we will not allow them to go up." County councillor Craig Simmons said he would back any peaceful direct action. The nearby 250-pupil East Oxford First School is opposing the scheme along with several businesses in the area. Cameo plans to take out an injunction to stop Orange putting up the masts, but has only a week before work begins. Part of James Street is expected to be closed on Thursday evening while cranes are put in place to hoist the masts to the top of the building on Saturday. Story date: Saturday 15 January Copyright 1999 Newsquest Media Group ======= -- Jeff -- http://www.wellnow.com --------------------------------------------------------- Well Now Health Information Service Box 15524 Atlanta Georgia [30333] eFax: (419) 793-3043 --------------------------------------------------------- "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using any means available to that purpose." --------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
