Handsets and masts posed no health
problems, Prof Barker said
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Mobile phone masts and handsets are no more dangerous than
television or radio transmitters, an expert has suggested.
Communities often use health arguments to
protest over their construction but Prof Anthony Barker said there was
no proof they had an adverse effect.
He said TV transmitters had a similar strength
field but people did not question their construction.
Residents often protest strongly over perceived
health risks in positioning masts near homes and schools.
Prof Barker told an audience of students and
academics at the University of Ulster: "There is no reason to expect
mobile phone signals - which are essentially low-powered radio
transmissions - to be bad for health."
Television presence
He said that for over 80 years there have been
wireless transmissions - "we have big TV and broadcast radio
transmitters all around us".
He said concerns were only raised when phone
masts - "which is also a radio transmitter" - were proposed.
Prof Barker has three decades experience
studying the biological effects of electromagnetic fields.
He is based at the Department of Medical
Physics of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
In September 2005, a Worcester family faced
financial ruin after losing a two-year legal battle against mobile
phone company Hutchison 3G which erected a mast near their home.
The High Court rejected the case of Agnes
Ingvasdottir and Eirikur Petursson that the mast caused health
problems.
A laboratory study concluded last year that
radio waves from mobile phones do harm body cells and damage DNA.
However, the European Union-funded Reflex
research did not prove such changes were a risk to human health.
The UK government-commissioned Stewart report
in 2000 concluded there was no evidence of harm associated with using
mobile phones.
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From: "Eileen O'Connor" <eileen@smokestackltd.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:59:55 -0000
To: <eileen@smokestackltd.co.uk>
Subject: Professor Anthony T. Barker paid by MTHR
Take a look at the enclosed information in this e-mail with regards to
Professor Anthony Barker and look at the amount of money he's receiving
from
the MTHR, also look at Professor Bakers comments on the BBC website
following his recent visit to Ulster University, his statement is at the
bottom of the MTHR project details on the BBC website.
Professor Barker say's there is 'No evidence' of mast health risk.
There is evidence that people are developing EHS symptoms, sleep
problems,
nose bleeds, 'radiation sickness' and cancer clusters are appearing
around
phone masts after long term exposure. People who are suffering or
who have
sadly died have a right to be represented and should not be forgotten or
ridiculed and should be remembered and treated with dignity.
Professor Baker said there are no concerns about TV transmitters, the
Dolk
et al study provided evidence of cancer clusters around the Sutton
Coldfield
TV transmitter, Sutton Coldfield is now one of the largest hotspots in
the
world for breast cancer, I should know 'I live here, I am part of the
breast
cancer support group' and have lost some of my dearest friends to this
terrible disease. The Dolk study has been ignored and buried and
cancer has
been allowed to develop out of control as a result. Also look at the
Hocking
et al study around a TV transmitter in Australia.
If Professor Baker is an expert, how can he have missed important
studies
such as these?? See enclosed:
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm
Hocking and colleagues published a paper in the Medical Journal of
Australia
which found an association between proximity of residence to TV towers
and
increased incidence of and mortality from childhood leukemia
<http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm#refs#refs>
(1). Dolk et al in
the United Kingdom have also published two papers on the same subject
<http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm#2#2>
(2,3). To discuss these
works requires an understanding of the scientific discipline called
epidemiology.
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Research
Project Title:
The effects of mobile phone radiation on blood pressure
Start Date:
August 2002
Expected Date of Completion:
January 2006
Cost:
£364,000
Principal Investigator:
Professor Anthony T. Barker
Contact Details:
Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
UK.
Project Team:
Dr. P.R. Jackson, University of Sheffield
Dr. G.G. Cook, University of Sheffield
Dr. L.A. Coulton, University of Sheffield
Expertise:
Professor Barker is a consultant clinical scientist and has carried out
research into the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, ranging
from
weak static fields to the clinical uses of large magnetic field pulses,
for
over twenty-five years. He chairs the Institution of Electrical
Engineers
(IEE) Policy Advisory Group on the biological effects of electromagnetic
fields.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4771080.stm
'No evidence' of mast health risk
Mobile phone
Handsets and masts posed no health problems, Prof Barker said
Mobile phone masts and handsets are no more dangerous than television or
radio transmitters, an expert has suggested.
Communities often use health arguments to protest over their
construction
but Prof Anthony Barker said there was no proof they had an adverse
effect.
He said TV transmitters had a similar strength field but people did not
question their construction.
Residents often protest strongly over perceived health risks in
positioning
masts near homes and schools.
Prof Barker told an audience of students and academics at the
University of
Ulster: "There is no reason to expect mobile phone signals - which are
essentially low-powered radio transmissions - to be bad for health."
Television presence
He said that for over 80 years there have been wireless transmissions -
"we
have big TV and broadcast radio transmitters all around us".
He said concerns were only raised when phone masts - "which is also a
radio
transmitter" - were proposed.
Prof Barker has three decades experience studying the biological
effects of
electromagnetic fields.
He is based at the Department of Medical Physics of Sheffield Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust.
In September 2005, a Worcester family faced financial ruin after losing
a
two-year legal battle against mobile phone company Hutchison 3G which
erected a mast near their home.
The High Court rejected the case of Agnes Ingvasdottir and Eirikur
Petursson
that the mast caused health problems.
A laboratory study concluded last year that radio waves from mobile
phones
do harm body cells and damage DNA.
However, the European Union-funded Reflex research did not prove such
changes were a risk to human health.
The UK government-commissioned Stewart report in 2000 concluded there
was no
evidence of harm associated with using mobile phones.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:59 PM
Subject: Professor Anthony T. Barker
paid by MTHR
Take a look at the enclosed information in this e-mail with regards to Professor
Anthony Barker and look at the amount of money he’s receiving from the MTHR, also look at
Professor Bakers comments on the BBC website following his recent visit to Ulster University, his statement is at the bottom of the MTHR
project details on the BBC website.
Professor
Barker say’s there is ‘No evidence’ of mast health risk.
There
is evidence that people are developing EHS symptoms, sleep problems,
nose bleeds, ‘radiation sickness’ and cancer clusters are appearing
around phone masts after long term exposure. People who are
suffering or who have sadly died have a right to be represented and
should not be forgotten or ridiculed and should be remembered and
treated with dignity.
Professor
Baker said there are no concerns about TV transmitters, the Dolk et al study provided evidence of
cancer clusters around the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter, Sutton
Coldfield is now one of the largest hotspots in the world for breast
cancer, I should know ‘I live here, I am part of the breast cancer
support group’ and have lost some of my dearest friends to this
terrible disease. The Dolk study has been ignored and buried and
cancer has been allowed to develop out of control as a result. Also
look at the Hocking et al study around a TV transmitter
in Australia.
If Professor
Baker is an expert, how can he have missed important studies such as
these?? See enclosed:
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm
Hocking
and colleagues published a paper in the Medical Journal of Australia
which found an association between proximity of residence to TV towers
and increased incidence of and mortality from childhood leukemia (1). Dolk et al in the United Kingdom have also published two papers
on the same subject (2,3). To discuss these works
requires an understanding of the scientific discipline called
epidemiology.
|
|
Research
Project Title:
The effects of mobile phone radiation on blood pressure
Start Date:
August 2002
Expected Date of
Completion:
January 2006
Cost:
£364,000
Principal
Investigator:
Professor Anthony T. Barker
Contact Details:
Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
UK.
Project Team:
Dr. P.R. Jackson, University of Sheffield
Dr. G.G. Cook, University of Sheffield
Dr. L.A. Coulton, University of Sheffield
Expertise:
Professor Barker is a consultant clinical
scientist and has carried out research into the biological effects of
electromagnetic fields, ranging from weak static fields to the clinical
uses of large magnetic field pulses, for over twenty-five years. He
chairs the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Policy Advisory
Group on the biological effects of electromagnetic fields.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4771080.stm
'No evidence' of mast health
risk
|
Handsets
and masts posed no health problems, Prof Barker said
|
Mobile
phone masts and handsets are no more dangerous than television or radio
transmitters, an expert has suggested.
Communities often use health
arguments to protest over their construction but Prof Anthony Barker
said there was no proof they had an adverse effect.
He said TV transmitters had a
similar strength field but people did not question their construction.
Residents often protest
strongly over perceived health risks in positioning masts near homes
and schools.
Prof Barker told an audience
of students and academics at the University of Ulster: "There is no reason to expect mobile phone
signals - which are essentially low-powered radio transmissions - to be
bad for health."
Television
presence
He said that for over 80 years
there have been wireless transmissions - "we have big TV and broadcast
radio transmitters all around us".
He said concerns were only
raised when phone masts - "which is also a radio transmitter" - were
proposed.
Prof Barker has three decades
experience studying the biological effects of electromagnetic fields.
He is based at the Department
of Medical Physics of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
In September 2005, a Worcester
family faced financial ruin after losing a two-year legal battle
against mobile phone company Hutchison 3G which erected a mast near
their home.
The High Court rejected the
case of Agnes Ingvasdottir and Eirikur Petursson that the mast caused
health problems.
A laboratory study concluded
last year that radio waves from mobile phones do harm body cells and
damage DNA.
However, the European
Union-funded Reflex research did not prove such changes were a risk to
human health.
The UK government-commissioned Stewart report in
2000 concluded there was no evidence of harm associated with using
mobile phones.
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