Is your community being put at risk?
Monday August 25 2008
I have eight questions for Dublin City Council regarding phone masts on top of Northside Swimming Pool.
As a former resident of Kilmore West, and someone whose family still lives in the area, I would also 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 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.
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 (ie 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 the masts to be erected?
M DILLON GLASGOW
