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Wednesday 8 August 2018 MTN South Africa has been sued by an organisation calling itself the Durban Anti-Cell Mast Alliance (Dacma), seeking to stop the mobile company from rolling out new towers in the coastal city, TechCentral reported. Dacma which was founded in 2017 to protest against what it called the “illegal” deployment of masts...
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ALEX GELI | Staff Writer https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/group-of-concerned-hempfield-residents-sues-school-district-over-cell-towers/article_002f897c-765b-11e8-9b77-77cd2ab3d5ed.html A “no trespassing” sign on the Rohrerstown cell tower construction site displays warnings for potential radiofrequency radiation.  A yearlong battle over cellphone towers on school district property in East Hempfield Township has been revitalized thanks to a lawsuit filed against Hempfield School District. Hempfield Citizens for Safe Schools Inc.,...
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Source https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/american-tower-backtracks-cancels-program-designed-to-thwart-nearby-towers by Mike Dano | Jun 20, 2018 12:01pm American Tower’s program sought to prevent the construction of towers close to its existing towers. (Mike Dano/FierceWireless) American Tower, one of the world’s largest tower companies, said yesterday that it will end a program launched late last month that was designed to prevent its contractors...
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A very important and far reaching legal precedent regarding unlawful and illegal cell tower placements was set earlier this year by the Western Cape High Court when it ruled that Telkom had to get approval from a municipality before conducting projects. This is after the City of Cape Town took the service provider to court. In...
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Cell towers are a big concern for residents of South Africa. Especially with there being no regulation or monitoring on their radiation emissions, transmitters being illegally erected and public participation bypassed or steamrolled. Part of my thesis (available on jameslech.co.za) was the legislative qualification of a public interest override The function of ‘substances released into...
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Note updated news (20 th of June) American Tower backtracks, cancels program designed to thwart nearby towers https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/american-tower-backtracks-cancels-program-designed-to-thwart-nearby-towers American Tower Noncompete Clause Rattles Tower Service Contractors: By J. Sharpe Smith, Senior Editor June 12, 2018 The wireless infrastructure industry is abuzz over a letter contained in an email that American Tower sent to its contractors...
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NOTE –  UPDATE: Telkom now heads for the Supreme Court! (see bottom of the page) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE DIVISION, CAPE TOWN) TELKOM SA SOC LTD + 1 OTHER AND CITY OF CAPE TOWN – PWC Judgement 10th of May 2018 (a)   The Applicants’ application is dismissed with costs.  The...
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By XOLA QETSEMANI May 9, 2018 Marcell Erasmus lives in Colchester End, about 40m away from the tower. The City has taken a Parklands church to task for letting Telkom put up an “unauthorised” cell mast on its property, just metres from a daycare and a primary school. Residents are furious and say they weren’t...
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A cell phone tower was recently erected on the grounds of the Full Gospel Church in Parklands, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The approval from the Municipal Planning Tribunal merely allowed for the church and a place of instruction, not a cell mast. There was no application for this cell mast and there...
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Hardell L, Carlberg M, Hedendahl LK. Radiofrequency radiation from nearby base stations gives high levels in an apartment in Stockholm, Sweden: A case report. Oncol Lett. 2018 May;15(5):7871-7883. doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.8285. Epub 2018 Mar 16. PMID: 29725476; PMCID: PMC5920374. Abstract Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation was classified in 2011 as a possible human carcinogen, Group 2B,...
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