{"id":7019,"date":"2012-01-13T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T18:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/join-the-protest-against-proposed-walmer-cell-c-tower\/"},"modified":"2012-01-13T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T18:40:22","slug":"join-the-protest-against-proposed-walmer-cell-c-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/join-the-protest-against-proposed-walmer-cell-c-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Protest Against Proposed Walmer Cell C Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019d like to keep you healthy and well and so ask you to please join us on Monday 16 January, 6:00 pm<\/strong> at the Clarendon Park Primary School Hall<\/strong><\/a> (Church Road, Walmer, between 7th and 8th Ave) for a public meeting.\u00a0 This is an urgent call for anyone who lives, works or has children going to school in the Walmer area. Cell C are proposing to erect a cell tower on the corner of 8th Ave and Water Road.<\/p>\n

We see this as a real problem for the following reasons:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. In May 2011, the World Health organisation retracted its previous \u201cno harm to human health\u201d statement and declared electromagnetic fields (as produced by cell towers) a \u201cpossible carcinogen\u201d and have categorised them alongside DDT and lead.\u00a0 This a notoriously conservative organisation, so there will be some strong research to support this statement.\u00a0 It means they\u2019re saying that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are a possible cause of cancer.\u00a0 There are many independent researches who have shown a direct correlation between EMFs and leukaemia\/brain tumours.\u00a0 Children are harder hit than adults by the radiation produced, due to thinner skulls.<\/li>\n
  2. Devaluation of property.\u00a0 In Europe (and it\u2019s starting here now), there is a clear correlation between the presence of cell masts and a decrease in property values surrounding it.<\/li>\n
  3. Cell masts are an eyesore \u2013 even those disguised as a tree.<\/li>\n
  4. Both Cell C and the municipality chose to try and push this project through unnoticed over the festive season, when they knew that objectors would be away.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We need to send a strong message to these parties to let them know we will not have the wool pulled over our eyes.\u00a0 It is our constitutional right to live in an environment that does not cause damage to our health and it is the municipality\u2019s obligation to protect us in providing that environment.<\/p>\n

    The meeting will be as brief as possible and will be hosted by the lawyer who is aiding us in our challenge against Cell C.\u00a0 If this doesn\u2019t affect you directly, please notify whomever you can think of who may be affected.<\/p>\n

    A number of years ago, residents in the Mill Park\/Linkside area successfully challenged a cell mast proposal, with the help of the same lawyer.\u00a0 He believes they were successful directly as a result of a high public turnout (about 400 people attended their public meeting).\u00a0 Please vote with your feet.<\/p>\n

    We are very grateful for any help you can offer.<\/p>\n

    Regards<\/p>\n

    Tanya Wyatt and Stuart Dicke<\/strong><\/p>\n

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