January 12, 2005
Children swap school in phone mast scare
Two families have withdrawn their children from a school because of fears over a mobile phone mast, writes This Is London.
One mother feels so strongly about the issue she has moved them from a Catholic school to a school of different religion, saying her children's health matters more to her than their faith, "We have had to compromise their faith because of the masts."
Another mother saw her fears confirmed when she took a microwave monitor into the playground before and after the mast was switched on. "It was silent the first time but the second time it was buzzing really loudly," she said. "We felt we didn't have any choice but to move the boys."
According to a Standard report, schools in some parts of central London have as many as 80 masts built or planned nearby. A quarter of primary school children are believed to own a mobile, while 90 per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds have one.
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