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emiliajay
# Posted: 8 Jan 2010 15:51
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We live in a built up area and were worried about the effect of a nearby mast, located on the roof of a commercial unit. We found a company on the web who came and tested the non-ionising radiation levels each room of the house.

They reported that the power output in all rooms fell within the ICNIRP guidelines (a level the govenment have deemed acceptable/ safe). This didn't half put our minds at rest!!!

Thought I'd let others know if you're worried, you can do something about it!!

This is the website for the company we used: http://www.phonemastcompany.co.uk/

Hope this helps!

ericgeneric
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2010 17:01
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ICNIRP is effectively redundant as a guide now....most European countries deem it outdated and not an appropriate measure of the actual emissions coming from all these masts.

EG.

Anonymous
# Posted: 8 Jan 2010 21:35
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Emilia

It seems to me that the phonemastcompany is more directed at providing a service for people who are already, or wanting, to have a phone mast on their land or building. Look at their services page.

As an alternative, you might hire [or buy] equipment for measuring the non-ionising radiation yourself.

http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/action/reduce_masts.asp
http://www.emfields.org/equipment/overview.asp
http://shop.wireless-protection.org/rent-our-emf-monitors-96-p.asp

Sensory Perspective
https://secure.demonweb.co.uk/spcom-dwh/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F6230256&rnd=3 012115&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=cat&ref=WIRELESS-ENVIRONMENT&catstr=HOME:RF_CONS UMER


Or in Germany
http://www.gigahertz-solutions.de/en/Online-Shop/Measurement/High-Frequency/Instrumen ts.html

There are also, other UK firms who do surveys, for example:
http://www.electricforester.co.uk/electricforester/index.html
http://shop.wireless-protection.org/detection-and-surveillance-24-c.asp

You will find that the power output will vary during the day and night and also from day to day.

I recommend that anyone who either has a survey done, or does the measurements themselves, makes sure that they get the peak levels as well as the average levels.

To illustrate - the levels that were measured by the environmental officer after my complaints were:
average= 0.06 volts per metre
[peak = 1.32 volts per metre [~4682 microwatts per square metre]
measured on my pillow!

I now have purchased equipment so that I can keep a check on the levels and adjust the screening.
Things can change as new phone masts are erected or the power is turned up by the mobile operator.
Or indeed, the neighbours get BT HomeHub with DECT cordless phones and WiFi operating 24/7/365!

The ICNIRP guidelines do not provide any potection apart from thermal effects.

Chloe

Anonymous
# Posted: 8 Jan 2010 21:46
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Emilia

It seems to me that the phonemastcompany is more directed at providing a service for people who are already, or wanting, to have a phone mast on their land or building. Look at their services page.

As an alternative, you might hire [or buy] equipment for measuring the non-ionising radiation yourself.

http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/action/reduce_masts.asp
http://www.emfields.org/equipment/overview.asp
http://shop.wireless-protection.org/rent-our-emf-monitors-96-p.asp

Sensory Perspective
https://secure.demonweb.co.uk/spcom-dwh/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F6230256&rnd=3 012115&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=cat&ref=WIRELESS-ENVIRONMENT&catstr=HOME:RF_CONS UMER


Or in Germany
http://www.gigahertz-solutions.de/en/Online-Shop/Measurement/High-Frequency/Instrumen ts.html

There are also, other UK firms who do surveys, for example:
http://www.electricforester.co.uk/electricforester/index.html
http://shop.wireless-protection.org/detection-and-surveillance-24-c.asp

You will find that the power output will vary during the day and night and also from day to day.

I recommend that anyone who either has a survey done, or does the measurements themselves, makes sure that they get the peak levels as well as the average levels.

To illustrate - the levels that were measured by the environmental officer after my complaints were:
average= 0.06 volts per metre
[peak = 1.32 volts per metre [~4682 microwatts per square metre]
measured on my pillow!

I now have purchased equipment so that I can keep a check on the levels and adjust the screening.
Things can change as new phone masts are erected or the power is turned up by the mobile operator.
Or indeed, the neighbours get BT HomeHub with DECT cordless phones and WiFi operating 24/7/365!

The ICNIRP guidelines do not provide any potection apart from thermal effects.

Chloe

ericgeneric
Member
# Posted: 9 Jan 2010 17:27
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Thanks to Chloe for taking the time to explain why the testing method recommended in emilia's original post is so flawed and misleading. I just didn't have the energy to go into detail, but felt I had to say something because falling into the trap of "it's well within the government's ICNIRP levels so I don't need to worry" is so dangerous!

If you have any kind of telecommunications set-up near you - be it a mast, a pole, or one of those hideous rooftop clusters - then it WILL be giving off harmful emissions. Whether you can feel them yet is one thing, but they are there and they are going to slowly break down your body's system in all manner of subtle (and not so subtle) ways. The strength of their emissions will change all through the day and night, but will rarely be completely off. How quickly you will begin to notice any deterioration in your health, or changes in how your home feels, is the only variable in this equation.

Don't let misguided companies or governments with ulterior motives make you think this is all okay.

EG.

Anonymous
# Posted: 10 Jan 2010 19:23
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You are absolutely right EG.

To EmiliaJay
Look at this link http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/masts.asp
Scroll down the screen to Other Articles
and then download

The inadequacy of the ICNIRP Guidelines governing human exposure to the microwave emissions from base-stations. (December 2003)
[Author Dr Gerard Hyland]

Also look at
German Doctors unite on RF health effects from masts (Bamberg, July 2005)

There is plenty of information on the rest of the page.

EmiliaJay - The ICNIRP guidelines guarantee that you will not overheat with 6 minutes exposure. That is all! They do not guarantee against non-thermal effects which have been well demonstrated by research!

Chloe

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