quote "Kylie Kay said the main concerns of the group related to the health of children and the lack of research into the impact of electromagnetic energy emissions" There has been millions and millions spent on research into the effect electromagnetic emmisions may have on health. All of it has shown that there is none to insignificant effects. What Kylie is really saying is that research to support her views has not been achieved. She and her fellow luddite cronies would be better off getting their kids to eat a apple a day and walking the dog.

What rock have you been under martlark, abc had a building? Brisbane where at last count 22 staff members that worked mostly on the top floor had developed some sort of cancer. Sydney: children in a residential housing community developed leukaemia at a much higher rate than national average as they played under those huge electricity/mobile phone towers Do your research before you speak.

@ Martlark: You write: "All of it has shown that there is none to insignificant effects". You are wrong. 10 out of 14 existing studies on people living near mobile-phone base stations show that health problems (headaches, nausea, fatigue and cancer) increase with shorter distance to base stations.

Look it up yourself in the WHO EMF research database. Watch out for Professor Michael Kundi's (uni of Vienna) soon to be published review of all base station studies.

Hi Martlark, I understand exactly how you feel and that is exactly what these big telecommunication companies want people to think. All the research that has been done has been on the short term thermal effects of our bodies. They aren't able to tell us the outcomes of the long term biological effects. For example DNA, blood and hormones.

This will effect young children the most because their bodies are still developing. My family will be living in this radiation 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Many countries around the world are now bringing in laws where telecommunication sites can't be built within 300m of residential areas.

We are not only going to get radiation from the antenna but also the station being built on the ground at the site.

There is also pulse radiation and steady radiation that is emitted from the antenna.

All of their research has been done on the pulse radiation, not the steady which is what we will constantly receive.

I have a 40 page booklet I can e-mail you if you are interested, explaining all the individual health effects that can be caused from this antenna. I hope that this reply helps you understand my concerns a little bit more. I'm not sure whether you have kids yet, but when you do you take a lot more interest in these things and don't take for granted what big companies say because it is all about money for them.

I don't want my family used as human guinea pigs. Telstra won't give me any guarantee in writing that my family won't be harmed. If they were just building a house behind us I'm sure they would.

why dont they just put a massive one on one tree hill.

The people against the Strathdale tower and any other tower, should get their stories together. We have Nellie, Henrik Eiriksson and Kylie all stating data about research that has been done into the effects of the towers and radiation, then we have the main story of Kylie Kay ...( same Kylie ? ) who states there has not been enough research. Its time you co-ordinated your stories. Another thing comes to mind, Who wrote the 40 page booklet on research that Kylie has ? I am sure that it would not have been written by the phone companies, but by someone against mobile phones.

To Kylie, How could you request any person or company to give you a written statement that your children will be alright when they have no input into how you as a parent raise them or what other things they may be exposed to at school, down the street or in general public places, it is ridiculous to even contemplate this.

As to the radiation levels, I'm sure your so called expert has been paid to write anything you wish to back your case of not wanting the antenna, I'm sure if Telstra or any other Telco wished to, then they could also pay somebody just as much to debunk the arguments your so called expert has (assuming you have one and not just read all the rubbish on the web that is).

I'm sure there are many other things around your home that would give off a lot more radiation that would be of greater risk to your health that this, if you research any published papers on "electromagnetic energy emissions" and research the emissions with an antenna, I'm sure you'll find ones designed for mobiles at the bottom end of the scale.

I personally want the tower to be built and will never sign any petition to the contrary, bring it on, the sooner the better. In fact, just did a quick Google of the "electromagnetic energy emissions" and found a good website that seems to dispell many of your comments, suggest you have a good read:- http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDA RD/pc=PC_2798

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