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#1 Posted : 21 August 2002 16:25:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Hill Can anyone advise me of any known emmissions from a roof mounted, mobile communications aerials, and of any case law that covers this topic in regard to occupational H&S. We have just moved into premises that have this type of aerial mounted on the roof and since moving in, a member of staff has started to complain of increased migraine attacks which she is convinced that this is the cause. What tests or measurements should be taken and what reasearch has been carried out on this subject? Many thanks as always.
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#2 Posted : 22 August 2002 09:13:00(UTC)
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Posted By Richard See Mai Wing's thread on 12/8 Richard
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#3 Posted : 22 August 2002 11:45:00(UTC)
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Posted By Andy Petrie I did some work on mobile towers a while back, you will probably find that you get far more exposure from your own mobile than you do from the tower. Given that you have moved into a new premesis I would consider other factors for causing the migrane such as lights & airconditioning
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#4 Posted : 23 August 2002 10:59:00(UTC)
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Posted By Nicki Paul, I went through a very similar situation about nine months ago. Moved to a new office block with an "aerial farm" on the roof. We had all four operators, soon to be five with 3G, located there. We had a slight increase in headaches/sickness and the "aerial farm" was always blamed as the possible reason. We went to the expense of a site survey and assessment which came to the conclusion that "the aerials were operating to well within agreed standards and posed no increased risk to the public health". If you read the NRPB site this is the standard statement you will get. One point that came out was the fact that all of the aerials are designed to radiate out from the building. So don't stand directly in front of one, however if you are directly underneath them the RF power levels recorded are very much reduced. Having had the report done we have seen a drop in sickness levels!! All in the mind? Nicki
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