Namibia: Cellphone Health Risks Debated
THE battle by a group of Windhoek residents to keep a MTC cellphone tower out of their neighbourhood was boosted this year when a number of reports on the potential health risks from cellphone radio frequencies were released.
The European Parliament in May decided that there is enough evidence "of potentially harmful effects of electromagnetic fields on fauna, flora and human health to react and guard against potentially serious environmental and health hazards".
In line with this, a document on the potential dangers associated with cellphone usage and cellphone towers noted that while scientific and clinical proof is still lacking, European member states have to take precautionary measures.
"Waiting for high levels of scientific and clinical proof can lead to very high health and economic costs, as was the case in the past with asbestos, leaded petrol and tobacco," the Parliament report states.
The report focused on protecting children from the potential harmful effects. The report said it is critical to alert parents, teachers and other of the "specific risks of early, ill-considered and prolonged use of mobiles and other devices emitting microwaves".
It said preventative action is needed now, especially in regard to the anxieties and fears which remain in wide sectors of the population regarding the unknown health hazards that could be linked to the electromagnetic fields emitted from cellphones and cellphones towers.
European member states have been advised to ensure that their populations are exposed to as little as possible radio frequencies from mobile phones and cellphone towers.
Anita Brandt, one of several litigants who took on the cellphone giant MTC last year, pointed out in a letter this week that questions regarding cellphone usage and cellphone towers gained international traction, not only from the European Parliament report, but also from two World Health Organisation reports.
Brandt and a group of seven Klein Windhoek residents in December won a temporary court order barring MTC from putting up a cellphone tower on a hill in the Klein Windhoek area, until another case at the High Court is finalised.
Brandt listed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report which stated that radiation from cellphones could cause cancer. The WHO report listed cellphones in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform, an international article on the WHO report stated.
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In line with this, a document on the potential dangers associated with cellphone usage and cellphone towers noted that while scientific and clinical proof is still lacking, European member states have to take precautionary measures.
The research by the young St Johns boys made public last week should be seen as yet another warning to the cellphone industry. The tobacco industry for years chose to ignore warnings about the dangers of smoking, published much of their own suspect
Cellphone users are now urged to limit their cellphone exposure. WHO acknowledges cellphones in the same carcinogenic danger area as poisonous lead and the pesticide poison DDT. They vary hugely in strength but a low-powered cellphone tower is 50 watts
In line with this, a document on the potential dangers associated with cellphone usage and cellphone towers noted that while scientific and clinical proof is still lacking, European member states have to take precautionary measures.
The Zoning Board is not allowed to consider health effects of the presence of cell phone towers; the towers are considered safe in populated areas; whether or not that is true, it is the law. Other concerns such as setbacks, dangers from falling ice,
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THE battle by a group of Windhoek residents to keep a MTC cellphone tower out of their neighbourhood was boosted this year when a number of reports on the potential health risks from cellphone radio frequencies were released.
The European Parliament in May decided that there is enough evidence “of potentially harmful effects of electromagnetic fields on fauna, flora and human health to react and guard against potentially serious environmental and health hazards”.
In line with this, a document on the potential dangers associated with cellphone usage and cellphone towers noted that while scientific and clinical proof is still lacking, European member states have to take precautionary measures.
“Waiting for high levels of scientific and clinical proof can lead to very high health and economic costs, as was the case in the past with asbestos, leaded petrol and tobacco,” the Parliament report states.
The report focused on protecting children from the potential harmful effects. The report said it is critical to alert parents, teachers and other of the “specific risks of early, ill-considered and prolonged use of mobiles and other devices emitting microwaves”.
It said preventative action is needed now, especially in regard to the anxieties and fears which remain in wide sectors of the population regarding the unknown health hazards that could be linked to the electromagnetic fields emitted from cellphones and cellphones towers.
European member states have been advised to ensure that their populations are exposed to as little as possible radio frequencies from mobile phones and cellphone towers.
Anita Brandt, one of several litigants who took on the cellphone giant MTC last year, pointed out in a letter this week that questions regarding cellphone usage and cellphone towers gained international traction, not only from the European Parliament report, but also from two World Health Organisation reports.
Brandt and a group of seven Klein Windhoek residents in December won a temporary court order barring MTC from putting up a cellphone tower on a hill in the Klein Windhoek area, until another case at the High Court is finalised.
Brandt listed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report which stated that radiation from cellphones could cause cancer. The WHO report listed cellphones in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform, an international article on the WHO report stated.
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