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SUICIDES LINKED TO PHONE MASTS

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Uploaded on Nov 29, 2008

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THE spate of deaths among young people in Britains suicide capital could be linked to radio waves from dozens of mobile phone transmitter masts near the victims homes.
Dr Roger Coghill, who sits on a Government advisory committee on mobile radiation, has discovered that all 22 youngsters who have killed themselves in Bridgend, South Wales, over the past 18 months lived far closer than average to a mast.


He has examined worldwide studies linking proximity of masts to depression. Dr Coghills work is likely to trigger alarm and lead to closer scrutiny of the safety of masts, which are frequently sited on public buildings such as schools and hospitals.




It is also likely to fuel more campaigns against placing masts close to public places on health grounds.


Dr Coghill said last night there was strong circumstantial evidence that the masts may have triggered depression in those from Bridgend who took their lives.


They include Kelly Stephenson, 20, who hanged herself from a shower rail in February this year while on holiday in Folkestone, Kent.




Dr Coghill said: There is a body of research that has over the years pointed to the fact that exposure to mobile radiation can lead to depression. There is evidence of higher suicide rates where people live near any electrical equipment that gives off radio or electrical waves.
There are now 70 million mobile phone handsets in the UK and around 50,000 masts. Both emit radio signals and electromagnetic fields that can penetrate the brain, and for many years campaigners have argued that this could seriously damage peoples health.
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