Open letter to Dublin City Council

dublin | environment | news report Tuesday August 19, 2008 22:09 by Alfied - Inthesenewtimes martinanne94 at yahoo dot co dot uk 00441415645362

unprecedented attack on the people of coolock's health

At present there are 50 plus mobile phone masts on top of the Northside Swimming Pool in Coolock.
I find it's sad that we have got to the stage without anybody lifting a finger. I am not living in the area at the moment, but appeal to anybody from Coolock who reads this, and thinks it is an outrage, to make a commitment to do something about it. Phone, write, make a leaflet, tell friends and family and let's try and get a public meeting on the go.

Eight questions for Dublin City Council regarding phone masts on top of Northside Swimming Pool

As a former resident of Kimore West, and someone whose family still lives in the area, I would like to register my protest, in the strongest possible way, against the presence of approximately 50 mobile phone masts on top of the Northside Shopping Centre swimming pool.

I believe their presence is an attack on the health of the men, women and children in the immediate and surrounding areas. A number of independent studies have linked increases in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, brain tumours, Alzheimer’s disease, neurological disorders, chronic fatigue, anxiety and depression to the radio frequency radiation generated by these devices. I refer you to one, the Bioinitiative Report, which can be found online at http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/index.htm.

Aside from the threat to people’s health I can see no technical or commercial justification for these masts. In light of this, I think the people of Coolock and the whole of Dublin have the right to know the answers to the following questions:

1. Exactly how many masts are on top of the Northside Swimming Pool?

2. Which companies do the masts belong to?

3. How long has each mast been on top of the building (i.e. the dates when each one was erected)?

4. What is their purpose?

5. What is the strength of signal coming from this building?

6. What consultation, if any, took place with the local community before these masts
were erected?

7. What risk assessment was undertaken, and if so, what was the nature of it?

8. What payment have Dublin City Council received from each company for
allowing them to be erected?

I have already sent Mr John Tierney a letter asking these very questions but have, as of yet, received no reply.

I would like to remind him that it’s Dublin City Council duty to act in the best interests of it citizens, and I would expect him to provide comprehensive and honest answers to these questions.