Saint Papoul Abbey South Of France

The Village with a 600 hundred year old abbey and a Orange mobile telecommunication mast that will make you ill
Le Village avec une 600 cent année vieille abbaye et un mât de télécommunication mobile qui vous peuvent faire malade par l'Orange

We have been told that the village needs a Orange mobile mast for you to come here. So while you are visiting the abbey and the villagers are going to be Radiated with Telecommunication Waves as the mast is only 65/70 meters away from local residents homes and on top of a beauty spot were children come to sketch the landscape and enjoy the views of the Pyrenees.
If you agree with us and you would be happy to visit a six hundred year old abbey and not want to use your phone. Please contact the guide at the abbey and tell her. And then the Maire may change his mind and realise that he does not have to make his residents ill to have a very busy tourist attraction
"the oldest Abbey in France"

South of France ST Papoul 11400
The village where the local Maire lied to an English family one day before they signed for a house in France
Is your Maire telling you the truth before you sign for you house or does he just want your money.To make things more frustrating under French law you cannot sue him for being corrupt

Article paru le 28/10/2005
MOBILE. UNE PÉTITION, SOUTENUE PAR LES ÉLUS, MILITE POUR LA REMISE EN ÉTAT DE L'ANTENNE DE SAINT-PAPOUL, SABOTÉE À DEUX REPRISES EN SIX MOIS...
Antenne de Saint-Papoul: procès, sabotage et pétition!
Un scénario digne d'un roman noir, avec deux sabotages à l'acide à la clef: c'est, en résumé, l'affaire de l'antenne de téléphonie mobile de Saint-Papoul. Et Bruno Cazali, directeur régional d'Orange n'en revient pas: «C'est un cas unique. Nous n'avons jamais connu ça ailleurs. Même dans les quartiers nord de Marseille, il n'y a pas un tel vandalisme».
Tout commence à la fin de l'année 2004. L'antenne, dont le chantier avait été bloqué par des opposants, mus par des craintes pour leur santé, des familles de riverains essentiellement est finalement mise en service. Objectif: assurer la couverture du village, où, de notoriété publique, «ça ne passe pas». Fin décembre, première effraction, et jet d'acide sur le matériel électronique. L'antenne n'aura fonctionné que quelques heures. Deuxième tentative, au printemps dernier. Après réparation, l'antenne est remise en service. Re belote, nouveau sabotage, et jet d'acide. Une plainte est déposée, à nouveau, par Orange, qui déplore «de 40.000 à 50.000€ de préjudice», selon Bruno Cazali. Et il prévient: «Nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre ce genre de plaisanteries. Nous avons mené ce projet en concertation avec la mairie en toute bonne foi. Nous n'avons pas l'intention de battre en retraite pour l'instant mais si les choses persistent, Saint-Papoul n'aura jamais d'antenne»

Une pétition, lancée à l'initiative d'usagers, mais très largement soutenue par la municipalité, circule désormais dans le village. Il s'agit de faire entendre la voix de ceux qui sont favorables à l'installation de cette antenne. «Ce qui n'est pas acceptable, expliquent les élus dans un communiqué, c'est qu'une poignée "d'énervés" se permette de violer la loi, de casser un coûteux matériel et prive (... ) les habitants de la commune d'utiliser leur téléphone portable, alors même qu'une large majorité de Saint-Papoulais souhaite voir l'antenne entrer en service le plus rapidement possible». Et de conclure: «C'est pourquoi le conseil municipal ne renoncera jamais à ce projet et invite la population à signer massivement cette pétition afin que la société Orange puisse réparer et sécuriser le plus rapidement possible cette antenne, en espérant que justice et gendarmerie sauront empêcher, cette fois, de nouvelles dégradations». Voire les sanctionneront, pourrait-on ajouter. Du côté des enquêteurs, on indique simplement que les investigations suivent leur cours.

Quand le Maire dit qu'il ne peut pas arrêter le projet Orange, c'est faux! il en a le pouvoir. »
The Maire says he can't stop Orange "that's is a lie he has the power"
Girl in hospital

The men from Orange said that "the Antenna that faces our property has been angled, so that the radiation goes over the top"
and according to them we have nothing to worry about

The Maire drops another clanger ?
Is the Puebell ( Decharge ) coming to St.Papoul ?

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The truth is out in UK so don't let them lie to you here in France
La verite est hors en Royaume-Uni donc ne permettent pas leur mante a toi s'ici en France

La vérité est hors dans le Royaume-Uni ne vous les permettent pas de couche s'ici en France

Please call Nicole on 05 63 47 54 78 Albi for more information about what masts can do to your health
S'il vous plaît Nicole d'appel sur 05 63 47 54 78 Albi pour plus amples renseignements de quels mâts peut-il faire à votre santé

Are Orange turning the masts off in England because they are making children ill with blood cancer??

You may get one of these or all depending on how much exposure you get from the mast

20 November 2004

A communications company was yesterday ordered to switch off equipment sited on a mast above North Walsham police station.

The decision is the culmination of a lengthy battle fought by local campaigners and politicians.

The mast is part of the O2 Airwave network, a new system used by the emergency services and designed to remove problems of poor coverage.

Bosses at O2 will now have three days to turn the mast off. If they fail to do so they could be taken to court and fined up to £20,000.

They will almost certainly have to bring in emergency mobile equipment so they can continue providing coverage for the police, Ministry of Defence and British Transport Police.

But campaigners, who say the mast is a health threat, welcomed yesterday's decision by North Norfolk District Council to issue a stop notice against O2.

"We have come to so many meetings expecting a resolution to this situation, to be here today when this decision is actually made is a wonderful feeling," said Anna Gill, who lives yards from the Yarmouth Road police station.

And fellow campaigner Matthew Pennington said he was particularly pleased, especially as the council was in an "impossible position" – referring to the fact that the council could face a costly legal battle if they have to defend their decision.

During the debate at yesterday's meeting, a series of councillors backed the stop notice before a vote was taken to issue it, with a 12 to one majority.

North Walsham councillor Virginia Gay said issuing the stop notice would "defend the public interest" and reassure everyone the council had done its utmost to persuade O2 to move the mast.

North Norfolk Conservative candidate Iain Dale, who was at yesterday's meeting, called the decision "principled and a justified response to real public anxiety about the health effects of the mast."

He added: "They have stood up to a giant company which has tried to ride roughshod over local people."

An O2 spokesman said it would be inappropriate to comment until they had received official notification of the decision from the council, but added that the company's main priority was to keep the radio network up and running at all times.

Protesters topple mobile phone masts as health scare spreads
By Daniel Foggo
(Filed: 30/11/2003)
Activists have begun tearing down mobile-phone masts around the country, as public concern over the health impact of the radiation they emit continues to grow.The destruction of the masts - as many as four in a single week - signals a dramatic stepping up of the campaign to stop them being placed on top of, or close to, people's houses.Earlier this month, masts were brought down at Wishaw and Dudley in the West Midlands, Crosby in Merseyside and Tiverton in Devon. At least four have also been brought down in Northern Ireland in recent months.

PEOPLE in Farnborough worried about the health risks of phone masts are preparing to take on telecommunications giant Orange.They are urging Rushmoor Council to throw out plans for a new 12-metre mast at the junction of Medway Drive and Ribble Place.Robert West, of Rye Close, is among those who have written to the planning department in protest. He said: "The vast majority of people here are really very, very worried about the possible health risks.This is going to be an inappropriate mast for an inappropriate site. "We are in the middle of a residential area. This mast is going to be 40ft tall - it's going to be utterly out of scale with the environment."

Mr West claims an estate agent warned him a mast could reduce house prices by £2,000.

Neighbour Jeanette Dale said: "My view from the window is going to be ruined and they cannot prove that it doesn't have a risk to your health. "I am not prepared to stay here but I cannot sell my house." The government has told councils that if masts meet international health guidelines no further planning consideration should be given to their possible impact on health.But they should not grant permission near homes or schools unless other sites have been explored and there is a need for the mast.

In December councillors granted permission for a similar Orange mast next to the railway bridge in Southwood Road.But Mr West claimed there was strong evidence of a link between phone masts and serious illness."The government's findings do not reassure me or any of my neighbours who risk being condemned to live 24 hours a day with a potentially dangerous radiation source that has been linked with cancer clusters, depression, nausea and disturbed sleep patterns." Mr West suggested other possible mast sites which would have less impact upon residents, including nearby MoD land well away from homes and schools.

Cllrs Mr and Mrs Murphy and Cllr Linda Neal, who represent the Westheath ward, have pledged their support to those opposed to the mast.Cllr Neal said: "What I will do as a member of the planning committee is make sure that it is not a done deal behind closed doors."
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... Residents see red over Orange PEOPLE in Farnborough worried about the health risks
of phone masts are preparing to take on telecommunications giant Orange. ...
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Cell phone antenna-cancer link studied
By Graeme Wearden, ZDNet (UK)
A London council is spending thousands of pounds on scientific tests in an attempt to see whether cell phone antennas (mobile phone masts) could have caused a cluster of cancer cases.
Residents of Carnarvon Road, a street near Epping Forest in northeast London, successfully urged councilors to pay for checks on cell phone antennas near their homes. An expert team from the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) will monitor emission levels at several points in the area - a move that the council hopes will help to dispel the fears of local residents.
These tests will take place on Feb. 28, and are expected to cost $4,652 (£3,250). The NRPB scientists will test whether levels of exposure to non-ionizing radiation are within international safely guidelines.
It emerged last year that there is a cluster of cancer cases near a building on Carnarvon Road where a number of mobile transmitters are located. Five of the seven houses nearest to this building are home to a person with cancer.
According to the Radio Communications Agency, two mobile phone masts are situated on buildings on Carnarvon Road. Its Site finder Internet utility-a record of every cell phone antenna in the U.K.- lists one Orange antenna and one One2One antenna. Both are reported to be operating within their maximum licensed power.
Local member of parliament Iain Duncan Smith - leader of the Conservative Party - recently demanded action to see whether these cases could be linked to the nearby cell phone antennas. "There is an urgent need for the government to carry out swift research into the connection between mobile phone masts and cancer," said Duncan Smith, the Chingford & Woodford Green MP.
Local politicians have acknowledged that there is considerable public concern about cell phone antennas, even though there is no evidence linking them to health risks. "The number of masts on Forest House has concerned local residents for some time, and we will now find out what impact they have on radiation levels in the area," said councilors Ian Bond in a recent statement.
"What we cannot answer on our own is whether the current radiation guidelines are appropriate. I will continue to press the government to give research on this a higher priority," Bond added.
USATODAY.com
02/15/2002 - Updated 01:07 PM ET. Cell phone antenna-cancer link studied.
By Graeme Wearden, ZDNet (UK). A London council is spending ...
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Orange Turned off Mast
12:00 - 09 June 2004 A beam on the mobile phone mast at the centre of a Devon cancer cluster scare has been switched off after an Echo campaign.

Equipment on a phone mast at the centre of a Devon cancer cluster scare has been switched off - after a two-year campaign by the Express & Echo. Engineers from mobile phone company Orange yesterday turned off its transmitter beam over homes in the George Hill area of Crediton.These included the house lived in by eight-year-old leukaemia sufferer Emma Cann and her family.The Echo launched its Shock Waves campaign after commissioning tests which showed that levels of microwave emissions in Emma's bedroom - less than 100 metres from the transmitter - exceeded limits that would have been allowed in many countries outside the UK.

Emma's family believe that her blood cancer may have been caused by the mast. And neighbours fear that it may also be responsible for cancers suffered by three others living in homes close to the same phone mast.
Orange has always denied that any of its masts pose a risk. But it agreed to turn off the beam after coming under immense public pressure following our revelations.And yesterday its workmen arrived in Crediton to carry out the work.It was the second major breakthrough for the campaign in as many days.A planning inspector has dismissed an appeal by Vodafone not to allow it to replace a 15 metre mast with a more modern one in Beare, near Broadclyst, amid concerns by residents over potential health implications.Residents today celebrated the demise of the Crediton mast.Emma's mother Anne said: "At last this puts an end to the matter and we can get on with our lives.
"It's brilliant news that they have turned off the antennae and we would like to thank everyone who has helped with our campaign."
Spokesman for the George Hill residents, Bob Adams, said: "It has been a long battle and we are hoping this will be an end to the matter.

"We are all very pleased and I think the fact that we kept on friendly terms with Orange throughout helped us reach a conclusion."
The Echo launched its Shock Waves campaign in February 2002.Our campaign called on the Government to conduct proper research into the possible health effects of mobile phone masts and to enforce the lowest possible level for emissions from masts - even if they are already within guidelines.No scientific proof linking mast emissions with any illness has been produced. But a Government report admitted that microwaves from masts can have an effect on the human body.

And, in an exclusive interview with the Echo, the Government's leading adviser on mobile phone mast safety, Professor Lawrie Challis - chairman of the influential Stewart Committee - admitted that experts still could not prove without a doubt that transmitters were safe.A spokesman for Orange said today: "The George Hill site, which was connected to the network in December 1996, is one of the oldest sites in the area but did not provide adequate coverage in the town centre.
Eight years of mast emissions
THE Orange mast was installed in George Hill, Crediton, in 1996.Three years ago, six-year-old Emma Cann was diagnosed with leukaemia, which her family believed was caused by the mast.
Emma's mother Anne covered the windows to the house with wire mesh and tin foil to protect the family from radiation.The Canns' neighbour, Dennis Breakwell, died in 1999 from the same illness.
In February that year fellow George Hill resident Frank Bristow was also diagnosed with leukaemia, and in March 2002 it emerged that a fourth person in the area had stomach cancer.
In 2002, research commissioned by the Express & Echo, which launched its Shock Waves campaign in February that year, showed that the Canns' home was being bombarded by microwave levels that exceeded those that would be permitted in many other countries. Orange contested the level of emissions discovered, carried out their own tests and said the mast output was well within Government guidelines.
However, after meetings with residents, the telecommunications company said it would look for another site for the mast.

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The first third-generation mobile phone network opened in the UK in March this year.The technology allows callers to see each other and send video footage via their phone.Campaigners have expressed concerns that radiation from mobile phones could be linked to conditions ranging from cancer to blood clots in the brain

'Significant'
The Dutch study exposed volunteers in laboratories to radiation from 3G and "traditional" masts - without telling them which version they were being exposed to.Seventy-two people took part in the study, half of whom had complained about the health effects of living near traditional mobile masts. The survey found both those who had complained about mobile phones radiation - and even those who had not - complained about significant levels of nausea, headaches and tingling sensations when they were exposed to signals that mimicked third generation mobile networks.A spokesman for the Dutch Economics Ministry, said: "If the test group was exposed to third generation base station signals, there was a significant impact."They felt tingling sensations, got headaches and felt nauseous." In contrast, exposure to radiation from standard masts showed no significant effect.Maarten Lortzer, a spokesman for the Dutch research organisation TNO, which carried out the research on behalf of the government, told BBC News Online: "These findings were very unexpected."It means that there are a whole lot of other questions coming up."He said other studies needed to be carried out to confirm the finding.

Confirmation
Dr Mike Clark, scientific spokesman for the National Radiological Protection Board, said mobile phone users should not be worried."Until the finding is repeated, they should not be concerned. We can't rely on one study, however good the research and the organisation behind it. It does need to be replicated."He said similar research would be carried out as part of UK's Mobile Telecommunications Health Research Programme.The GSM Association, which represents mobile phone companies, said: "As the effects are small, it is unclear whether they have any health significance." A spokesman for Ericsson, said: "Our position is that there is no scientific evidence that there are any health problems associated with radio waves from mobile communications." A major long-term study looking at the health risk of mobile phones is currently being carried out by the International Agency on Research on Cancer.

Radiation from mobile phones may be able to accelerate the growth of cancer cells, claims an Italian scientist. Laboratory tests using leukaemia cells found genes that made the cells replicate far faster were turned on if they were exposed to the radiation for more than 48 hours.

We don't know what the effects would be on healthy human cells - but in leukaemia cells the response is always the same

Dr Fiorenzo Marinelli, National Research Centre, Bologna

It is still not clear whether this test tube experiment can apply to the real world - no reliable link between mobile phone users and a higher rate of cancers has yet been found.

The experiments, reported in New Scientist magazine, were carried out at the National Research Council in Bologna.

Leukaemia cells were exposed to radio waves at the 900-megahertz standard used by many GSM networks.

Suicide genes

The power used was 1 milliwatt, although it is hard to work out how much is absorbed by the tissues of humans using phones.

After 24 hours of continuous exposure, the leukaemia cells were responding by activating "suicide genes" - 20% more exposed cells were dying compared with control cells given no dose of radiation.

However, a day later, it was a different story.

The bottom line is there are no known mechanisms by which mobile phone radiation can increase the risk of cancer

Dr Zenon Sienkiewicz, NRPB

Instead, three genes that triggered the cancer cell to multiply rapidly had been switched on in a high proportion of surviving cells.

The cancer effectively became more aggressive as a result.

Professor Fiorenza Marinella told New Scientist: "We don't know what the effects would be on healthy human cells - but in leukaemia cells the response is always the same."

However, other studies into the effect of mobile phone radiation suggested that it had no influence on cell death.

Close watch

Dr Zenon Sienkiewicz, a radiation biologist at the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), told BBC News Online that there was still no hard evidence that showed mobile phones causing harm in real humans, rather than human cells in a test tube.

He said: "The bottom line is there are no known mechanisms by which mobile phone radiation can increase the risk of cancer."

He said that a risk could not be ruled out, which was why a recent inquiry report into mobile phone safety recommended a "precautionary approach" - particularly among children, with parents advised to restrict their mobile phone use to a minimum.

The NRPB is currently appraising all the latest research into the health effects of mobile phones and is due to report next year.

Dr Sienkiewicz said: "If we receive information on this research, we will of course examine it closely."