Bolton council - if you want to attract buisnesses into the town, maybe some that are currently in Manchester, you need to develop a decent 3G network that all of the mobile companies can use. This will encourage companies who want to flexibity to have thire staff working from home or smaller satellite offices - are thay are able to do this without the cost of hardwiring a network in. You need to make more of an effort to engage with the mobile phone companies, instead of just turning down every new application. If you are worried about the things being unsightly, why not allow then ontop of streetlights? (you would also be able to charge rent to the mobile phone compnies). Maybe it's because you are too concenred about unproven hysterical pseudo-science about the dangers of mobile phone masts...rather than the economic future of the borough.

agree with the above - get with this century bolton - the t-mobile site was won at appeal, if vodafone appeals, and goes for Hearing they might even obtain costs from the Council.... do it!

It does'nt really matter that planning has been refused. The mobile companies will put the mast up anyway.
They did it in Little Lever and it's still there.

But the new research, reported in this week's New Scientist, supports the position of those researchers who argue that handsets can trigger potentially harmful changes to cells irrespective of temperature changes.

Prof Rony Seger, a cancer researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and colleagues exposed rat and human cells to electromagnetic radiation at a similar frequency to that emitted by mobiles but at only about one tenth of the power.

After just five minutes the researchers identified the production of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) - natural chemicals that stimulate cell division and growth.

Cancers develop when the body is unable to prevent excessive growth and division of cells in the wrong place.

Prof Seger said yesterday: "The real significance of our findings is that cells are not inert to non-thermal mobile phone radiation.

"We used radiation power levels that were around one tenth of those produced by a normal mobile. The changes we observed were clearly not caused by heating."

The UK has adopted international safety standards for electromagnetic radiation. These state that the amount of energy absorbed from an electric field or radio wave cannot exceed two watts per kilogram (W/kg) when averaged over 10 grams of tissue. Almost all mobile phones emit less that than one W/kg.

Graham Philips, of Powerwatch, a lobby group that campaigns on mobile phones, masts and powerlines, said: "Current safety guidelines assume health effects from mobiles can occur only when significant heating of body tissue occurs.

"This study shows biological changes in response to low-level mobile phone radiation - something that could have implications for health.


So sorry I dont agree.

RockyRereturns wrote:
But the new research, reported in this week's New Scientist, supports the position of those researchers who argue that handsets can trigger potentially harmful changes to cells irrespective of temperature changes. Prof Rony Seger, a cancer researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and colleagues exposed rat and human cells to electromagnetic radiation at a similar frequency to that emitted by mobiles but at only about one tenth of the power. After just five minutes the researchers identified the production of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) - natural chemicals that stimulate cell division and growth. Cancers develop when the body is unable to prevent excessive growth and division of cells in the wrong place. Prof Seger said yesterday: "The real significance of our findings is that cells are not inert to non-thermal mobile phone radiation. "We used radiation power levels that were around one tenth of those produced by a normal mobile. The changes we observed were clearly not caused by heating." The UK has adopted international safety standards for electromagnetic radiation. These state that the amount of energy absorbed from an electric field or radio wave cannot exceed two watts per kilogram (W/kg) when averaged over 10 grams of tissue. Almost all mobile phones emit less that than one W/kg. Graham Philips, of Powerwatch, a lobby group that campaigns on mobile phones, masts and powerlines, said: "Current safety guidelines assume health effects from mobiles can occur only when significant heating of body tissue occurs. "This study shows biological changes in response to low-level mobile phone radiation - something that could have implications for health. So sorry I dont agree.

the science here relates to handsets, not a mast - so not really relevant to the issue here.....