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Possible Link Found with Suicides and Living in the Proximity of a Cell Phone Mast
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There appears to be a clear link between suicides and living in the proximity of mobile phone masts.
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In Bridgend Wales, over the last two years 22 youngsters have taken their own lives and it was found they all lived closer than average to mobile phone transmitter masts.
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The alarming discovery was made by Dr Coghill, an advisor to the goverment on mobile phone radiation.
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Having examined worldwide studies, he believes that there may be a link between depression and the proximity of transmitter masts, some of which are positioned on schools and other public buildings, such as libraries and hospitals.
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The report is additional ammunition in the fight against positioning mobile phone masts close to where people live or work.
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Research has over the years indicated that exposure to mobile radiation can cause depression. Where people live in the proximity of electrical equipment there is evidence of a higher than average suicide rate.
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As of today, there are around 70 million cell phones in the United Kingdom. There are approximately 50 thousand mobile phone transmitter masts. The use of these can penetrate the brain and research has shown that this could cause serious adverse effects to peoples' health over a period of time.
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There are no strict guidelines as to how close a mobile phone transmitter mast can be placed to homes or where people work etc., but on average the distance is 800 metres for a standard mast. In Bridgend it was less than half this distance from people.
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The more powerful transmitter masts are normally erected 1000 metres away, again it was found that in Bridgend this was around half that distance and some were even less.
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The response to all this from the Government’s Health Protection Agency is that as far as they are aware there is no evidence that transmitter masts do you harm. The levels of radio waves are very low.
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