From: Paul Anderson (paulanderson@fmcgltd.co.uk)

I was intrigued to see that through the Oxford Star you are conducting an 'anti-mobile-phone-mast- survey. Why? Can all these 'protestors' honestly say that they have never used a mobile phone? Perhaps we should dig up the British motoway network and replace it with woodland.

Very nice, and I'm sure that none of these people drive cars either, so they'll concur with this suggestion too.

From a medical point of view, it's fair to state that there may well be a connection between electromagnetic radiation and certain brain disorders, although at 200m from a mast the levels are tiny. In my opinion the average TV set will emit far higher levels of radiation, and of a potentially more damaging nature. The real issue with health is more likely to be with the mobile phone user, with bursts of EMR (radio signals) being slammed straight into the brain from an aerial held a few centimetres away from the head! Come on!

Let's be realistic here. About 1 in 5 people currently use a mobile phone. For the rest, well their lives' will certainly be influenced by the presence of these devices in 21st century. Just like the aforementioned motorways, a non-driver still expects deliveries to be made on time to the local Supermarket. I would also be fair to say that these timely deliveries have been aided by at some stage by the use of a mobile phone. It would be economically and socially catastrophic to condemn and dispose of all mobile phones and their associated infrastructure.