What Communities Knew About Phone Masts and Science Is Finally Proving

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What Communities Knew About Phone Masts and Science Is Finally Proving

Blast from the Past – The Wishaw Papers

Hidden deep in our archives for over two decades, the Wishaw Papers tell a story that demands attention.

In 2002, frustrated by years of illness and unanswered questions following the installation of a mobile phone mast beside their homes installed without warning residents formed Seriously Concerned Residents Against Masts (SCRAM). Although the mast had been in place for seven years, it was only then that a cancer cluster began to emerge. Despite their warnings, the community’s concerns were consistently ignored.

The grassroots campaign uncovered a stark reality: 77% of residents living near the mast reported symptoms they firmly believed were caused by RF exposure. After the mast’s removal in 2003, many experienced significant health improvements.

Eileen O’Connor personally hand-delivered boxes of evidence to Mike O’Brien, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who subsequently commissioned the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to conduct a formal review.

Today, over 20 years later, what was once dismissed as speculative is now being confirmed by science. The latest WHO systematic review provides high-certainty evidence linking RF radiation to tumour development in animals adding critical weight to the growing body of evidence that wireless radiation poses real health risks.

The Science Is Clear – Wireless Radiation Is a Cancer Risk:
 https://radiationresearch.org/the-science-is-clear…/

Read the Health Protection Agency (HPA) formal 2005 review of the Wishaw Papers:
 https://radiationresearch.org/wishaw-papers/

Where was the government then and where are they now?

For decades, they ignored clear warnings from communities and science alike. This failure puts public health at risk.

We demand:

A precautionary 500 to 1000-meter exclusion zone around all wireless masts near homes, schools, and hospitals.

An urgent review and overhaul of current guidelines to reflect biologically based limits, as recommended by BioInitiative, and other independent science, not the outdated thermal-only ICNIRP standards.

Transparency and public input in all infrastructure decisions.

A national public awareness campaign about wireless radiation risks.

The time for excuses is over. Protect our health and act now.