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Who can inform the public?
[24-Oct-2005]
Roy Pennington argues that the German doctors have a hidden agenda. Is he being serious? Thousands of German and Austrian doctors are signing appeals every day to stop the rollout, because they're deeply concerned about the health of their patients. Unlike their British counterparts, they're free to speak out. Their fees are paid by the insurance companies, and not by the government.

Anyone interested in what they and other acclaimed international scientists have to say, about the devastating health effects of mobile phone frequencies, should look at the Human Ecological Social Economical Project website. Here, Karl Hecht examines 1,500 Russian studies, listing the devastating health effects caused by electromagnetic pollution

How many good scientists are speaking out in the UK? And who is Adam Burgess? How can a lecturer in sociology pass judgement upon a subject which requires detailed knowledge of physics, biology and medicine? Mike Dolan is a lawyer. I doubt that understands these subjects either.

So who can inform the public? Some might say the World Health Organisation. See the latest stories on Microwave News. Give people the truth, and let them make up their own minds.

Ingrid Dickenson, electromagnetic pollution consultant and director of scientific studies at Mast Sanity and representative of the Human Ecological Social Economical Project, UK

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Mike Dolan
Mobile Operators Association
Adam Burgess
author, Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution
Alan Meyer
Mast Action UK
Jack Rowley
GSM Association
Stuart McWilliam
journalist
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Useful resources
The Stewart Report: Summary and Recommendations,
May 2000 [pdf]

Can mobile phones damage your health?
O2 [pdf]

Health and mobile safety
O2

Radiation Protection Division
UK Health Protection Agency

Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHR)

Electromagnetic fields
World Health Organisation

O2 corporate responsibility report 2005

Mobile Operators Association


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