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Concern over phone mast plan
A MOBILE phone mast could go up on the edge of Didcot despite residents' concerns over health.
Phone company Vodafone want to put up a ten-metre telegraph pole with three shrouded antennas just off the Wantage Road, west of the Slade Road entrance.
Homeowners living nearby said it would be an eyesore and some raised concerns about the possible health effects. Research into the health risks of masts varies, but there has been concern about exposure to radio frequency radiation. Other research has highlighted cancer clusters and other medical problems near masts.
Ken Mills, 65, of Slade Road, said: "It will be an eyesore and we still don't know about the possible health hazards. I am sure a lot of people will be angry about it when they find out."
Fellow pensioner Peter Wilkes, also of Slade Road, said: "I don't want it, it's too near the houses."
Pensioner Lilian Roberts, another Slade Road resident, said: "I'm not really worried about it. It's going to be an eyesore but you can't do anything about it." Adrienne Neal, 64, also of Slade Road, said: "It will be a concern if my grandson comes round because he likes to play in the garden, but we haven't heard much about it."
A phone company spokesman said: "The proposed Vodafone radio base station at Wantage Road, Didcot, is required to improve the 3G coverage in the area to our customers.
"This location was chosen following consideration of 16 other sites as it provides a backdrop of street furniture that the proposed timber telegraph pole supporting structure will not be visually intrusive.
"We have consulted the local planning authority and two ward councillors. We received support for the chosen location from one councillor and did not receive a response from the other."
The application is expected to be considered by district council planners later this month.
1:08pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
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CommentPosted by: Mike, Didcot on 2:34pm Tue 1 Jul 08
Please will you stop misleading the public.
ALL of the valid research says there is no health risk. Some crackpot says there is but can't prove it and you believe them against years of careful research demonstrating otherwise.
All the residents are should by concerned about are the visual aspects. There is no health issue. All you are doing is worrying people and by doing that possibly harming their health. There vis plenty of research that shows depressing headlines cause stress and harm.
Please will you stop misleading the public.
ALL of the valid research says there is no health risk. Some crackpot says there is but can't prove it and you believe them against years of careful research demonstrating otherwise.
All the residents are should by concerned about are the visual aspects. There is no health issue. All you are doing is worrying people and by doing that possibly harming their health. There vis plenty of research that shows depressing headlines cause stress and harm.
Posted by: Alwyn, Didcot on 3:19pm Tue 1 Jul 08
I suppose this is the same researcher as the Guardian exposed in an article dated 28th June 2008.
He had no date, had done no reasearch but did sell protective devices which sound suspiciously like amulets!
As the author says 'I like the scare stories ...'
I suppose this is the same researcher as the Guardian exposed in an article dated 28th June 2008.
He had no date, had done no reasearch but did sell protective devices which sound suspiciously like amulets!
As the author says 'I like the scare stories ...'
Posted by: anon, anywhere on 3:39pm Tue 1 Jul 08
It'll be perfectly safe.....Vodafone have such poor coverage i think you'd be havign to rest your head on the antenna to get any signal anyway!
8-)
It'll be perfectly safe.....Vodafone have such poor coverage i think you'd be havign to rest your head on the antenna to get any signal anyway!
8-)
Posted by: John, Didcot on 12:00pm Sun 6 Jul 08
These 'not in my back yard' people are probaby using mobile phones as I write this message. They would be the first people to complain if they weren't able to use them. So stop moaning about the site of the mast and accept the benefits we all enjoy from the technology they bring.
These 'not in my back yard' people are probaby using mobile phones as I write this message. They would be the first people to complain if they weren't able to use them. So stop moaning about the site of the mast and accept the benefits we all enjoy from the technology they bring.
Posted by: Chris Packet, Didcot on 1:35pm Mon 7 Jul 08
This is great news, I will be able to use my work provided 3G modem and will mean one less car on the road each week when I work from home.
This is great news, I will be able to use my work provided 3G modem and will mean one less car on the road each week when I work from home.
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