[Wolves] Chris : Midlands Today - microwaves...

[kev adams]

On Thursday 14 Apr 2005 18:54, chris procter wrote:
>
> I did once talk to a guy who was investigating the
> health effects of mobile phones who claimed that the
> radiation your average microwave puts out into the
> kitchen is thousands of time higher then that
> detectable standing at the bottom of a phone mast.

I hired a microwave radiation test meter a few months ago (just before our 
baby was born) to test for microwave radiation in the house.  There was a 
rumour that a sign down the road was a phone mast.  I tested loads of stuff 
including a couple of microwave ovens & they were well into the red (danger) 
zone on the meter, anywhere within a metre of the oven.  The emptier the 
oven, the more radiation seemed to escape too.  Since then I've told people 
to try & keep babies & small children (who are especially vulnerable) at 
least a metre away from microwave ovens, mobile phones or DECT phones when in 
use or a DECT base station.  All good fun eh!  I didn't know anyone using 
wifi back then or I would have tested that too.

I got it from here http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/sales/equip.asp
& have since considered buying one.

The base of a mobile phone mast has relatively little radiation due to the 
nature of the wave.  I can't remember the distance but it's somewhere around 
100 metres for peak radiation at ground level - obviously depends on the 
height of the mast.  Phone companies often fudge the issue quoting facts such 
as the radiation being higher for a user using a mobile phone than from a 
mast.  We know that there are probable health risks from excessive mobile 
phone use now though but it's personal choice.  Having a mast sited near 
where you live means your possibly getting that radiation 24/7 and as I 
stated earlier children are much more vulnerable.

kev