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> Tragedy sister in phone mast fear
> This is Blackburn
>
> MOBILE phone chiefs want to put a mast just yards away from the shop of a
> woman who claims her brother died from a brain tumour caused by mobiles.
>
> Elaine Lishman, who owns Flower Occasions, East Park Road, Blackburn, is
> fighting plans by Vodafone to erect a mast on land belonging to Ibbotsons
> Joiners, behind the Hole Ith Wall pub, Shear Brow.
>
> Mrs Lishman, who last year successfully opposed plans by the company to
> erect a mast across the road from her shop, is supporting a petition
> started by residents in nearby St James Road.
>
> Her brother Michael Fox, son of former Rovers chairman Bill Fox, died aged
> 40 in Manchesters Hope Hospital in 1999 after developing a brain tumour.
>
> The hospitals neurologist said the tumour may have been caused by
> Michaels mobile phone use after Mrs Lishman told how he had been using
> them since they were first went on sale in the 1980s.
>
> She said: The original mast was going to be on the pavement just over the
> road from my shop but we stopped that one and we will oppose this. If
> Vodafone tell me there is no health issue then so be it, but I watched my
> brother die of a brain tumour which doctors said could have been caused by
> using a mobile phone and makes me wonder how safe this mast will be.
>
> We have thousands of college children in this area and they are the
> brains of the future and their health should not be put at any risk.
>
> Kevin McMahon, principal of St Marys College, Shear Brow, said: It is
> not appropriate to have these things placed in areas that are so full of
> young people because there is so much unresolved when it comes to the
> health issues.
>
> They want to put this mast next to an over-subscribed college that also
> has a nursery for very small children.
>
> Martin Gregson, of St James Road, who started the petition, said: It
> seems ridiculous to me that we are going to have a 12m-high mast at the
> back of residential property, so close to a college full of young people.
>
> Jane Frapwell, of Vodafone, said: We are about to write to local
> residents about the proposal and we wont apply for planning permission
> until all those letters have gone out and we have allowed time for
> responses to those letters.
>
> She said the mast was necessary to improve the quality of services
> Vodafone offers in the area.
>
> She added: The formal guidelines that we comply with have the formal
> backing of the World Health Organisation. They say there is no evidence of
> any effects on peoples health (from mobile phone masts).
>

>
> turdweld wrote in message
> news:djfm5p$pno$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >
> > Tragedy sister in phone mast fear
> > This is Blackburn
> >
> > MOBILE phone chiefs want to put a mast just yards away from the
shop of a
> > woman who claims her brother died from a brain tumour caused by
mobiles.
> >
> > Elaine Lishman, who owns Flower Occasions, East Park Road,
Blackburn, is
> > fighting plans by Vodafone to erect a mast on land belonging to
Ibbotsons
> > Joiners, behind the Hole Ith Wall pub, Shear Brow.
> >
> > Mrs Lishman, who last year successfully opposed plans by the
company to
> > erect a mast across the road from her shop, is supporting a
petition
> > started by residents in nearby St James Road.
> >
> > Her brother Michael Fox, son of former Rovers chairman Bill Fox,
died aged
> > 40 in Manchesters Hope Hospital in 1999 after developing a brain
tumour.
> >
> > The hospitals neurologist said the tumour may have been caused by
> > Michaels mobile phone use after Mrs Lishman told how he had been
using
> > them since they were first went on sale in the 1980s.
> >
> > She said: The original mast was going to be on the pavement just
over the
> > road from my shop but we stopped that one and we will oppose this.
If
> > Vodafone tell me there is no health issue then so be it, but I
watched my
> > brother die of a brain tumour which doctors said could have been
caused by
> > using a mobile phone and makes me wonder how safe this mast will
be.
> >
> > We have thousands of college children in this area and they are
the
> > brains of the future and their health should not be put at any
risk.
> >
> > Kevin McMahon, principal of St Marys College, Shear Brow, said:
It is
> > not appropriate to have these things placed in areas that are so
full of
> > young people because there is so much unresolved when it comes to
the
> > health issues.
> >
> > They want to put this mast next to an over-subscribed college
that also
> > has a nursery for very small children.
> >
> > Martin Gregson, of St James Road, who started the petition, said:
It
> > seems ridiculous to me that we are going to have a 12m-high mast
at the
> > back of residential property, so close to a college full of young
people.
> >
> > Jane Frapwell, of Vodafone, said: We are about to write to local
> > residents about the proposal and we wont apply for planning
permission
> > until all those letters have gone out and we have allowed time for
> > responses to those letters.
> >
> > She said the mast was necessary to improve the quality of services
> > Vodafone offers in the area.
> >
> > She added: The formal guidelines that we comply with have the
formal
> > backing of the World Health Organisation. They say there is no
evidence of
> > any effects on peoples health (from mobile phone masts).
> >
>
> There was a recent case concerning a block of flats called LISCARD
HOUSE in
> Wallasey, Merseyside. On the top were a number of phone aerials and
aerials
> for the police 02-Airwave radios. Residents complained about ill
helath and
> a study was done to show that the people that died from various
illnesses
> had been in fairly old age. The flats had a high number of OAPs so
there
> was no real connection. A support group also went in to offer free
advice
> about how to make a nutritious meal and to speak about obesity! The
results
> were published in either the Wirral News or Wirral Globe newspaper,
showing
> that people had a number of other health problems. It was mainly
females
> that were obese although I cant remember the percentage.
> I am wondering if it was just an attempt to claim compensation and
would
> love to know if a local solicitor put the idea into their heads.
People can
> be greedy sometimes and it doesnt help when local sharks do leaflet
drops
> to scare people.
>
> There is no evidence yet that living near a mobile phone mast is
dangerous.
> There never will be as people need mobiles too much.
>
>

>Her brother Michael Fox, son of former Rovers chairman Bill Fox, died aged
>40 in Manchesters Hope Hospital in 1999 after developing a brain tumour.
>
>The hospitals neurologist said the tumour may have been caused by
>Michaels mobile phone use after Mrs Lishman told how he had been using
>them since they were first went on sale in the 1980s.

> Tragedy sister in phone mast fear
> This is Blackburn

> turdweld wrote:
>> Tragedy sister in phone mast fear
>> This is Blackburn
>
> This is the second post from a This Is site youve posted, both operated
> by Newsquest. Neither article has approached operators or anyone else who
> might put the other side of the story across.

>
> One wonders if Newsquest have an agenda of some kind.