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Welcome to the ‘Say No To 5G’ campaign in LB Hammersmith &
Fulham We stand for: A full, open and honest debate about 5G and plans to install it
everywhere A halt on installing technology that’s bad for us, animals and the
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A bit of background
information The government wants new 5G mobile-wireless technology rolled
out nationwide by 2027. The
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBH&F) has been made a trial
site for rolling out 5G small cells (‘mobile phone masts’ in street lighting
outside our homes) in 2019-20.
Other boroughs will not be far behind. (For deeper and more
technical background information, please click here.)
In preparation for 5G literally everywhere, there has been a
massive expansion of calls and masts within the borough – not just on top of
tall buildings, but through what just looks like street advertising kiosks
and even on bus stops, such as on Askew Road. The technology may be 3G, 4G and wireless now, but the intention
is to move over to 5G. The result is a soaking of microwave radiation – and worst
reading has been outside the Hammersmith & City line station on Beadon
Road. The site, overlooking a bus stop has ‘RF Hazard’ warning signs – if you
look right up. Other sites are little better.
If not stopped, the wider 5G project will
have serious consequences for our
health, our privacy and the environment. We didn’t stop the hospital closure
only to put a new strain on our pressured health services. |
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Stand up for
yourself and those closest to you. You can help us to stop 5G As local activists, we are keen to get some help for spreading
awareness of 5G issues and
generating popular resistance. We’re sending the following briefing documents to
decision-makers in our council: The case for a halt to 5G References 5GExposed notes on DCMS consultation We are contacting community groups, giving out leaflets to the
public and more. We wish to encourage others to take the initiative in ways that fit in with their available time
and circumstances. For example you could use social media or
lobby your MP or local councillors. Quick links: Andrew Slaughter, MP for Hammersmith Rt Hon Greg Hands, MP for Chelsea with
Fulham Some key points you might you might
consider using: * There
is no proof of safety for 5G but many studies indicate harmful effects from
microwave emissions. Thousands of scientists and other health professionals
have signed an international appeal for a halt (‘moratorium’) on the
expansion of 5G. * The
existing safety advice on mobile-wireless radiation from ICNIRP and Public Health
England is out of date and inadequate. It only covers very limited exposure
and lesser heating effects. * Allowing
5G would undermine both Public Health England’s official policy of preventing
ill-health and a local council’s role in health promotion. It would add to
the pressure on our already-strained health services. * The
government is wrong to try to remove planning permission from local
communities. Instead they should be given more powers to reject controversial
developments. For more information and
references see our briefing documents
(links above) or general reference material. (More on our links page, which also has a coverage checker). We are waiting for a
response to our successful petition asking H&F Council to come clean with local people on the
health dangers. H&F Council makes money out of letting telecoms companies
use our street lighting for hosting cells (‘mini mobile phone masts’).We’ve
had to push hard to get a proper answer to a Freedom of Information request
on how the contract might be cancelled. If you can help with the above or on wider campaigning
activities, please contact us without obligation – email hfnoto5g 'AT' gmail.com. You can also complete this support form (Word file or PDF) which gives some ideas. Please send any paper correspondence, or donations
(cheques/POs payable to ‘New Alliance’) to PO Box 13199, London SW6 6ZU. Many thanks, ‘Say No To 5G’ campaign
in Hammersmith and Fulham |
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Data protection note: Safeguarding privacy, GDPR and your
right to object |
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PS The ‘5G Apocalypse’
and similar stickers that have sprung up on Dawes Rd, Fulham High St, and
elsewhere are nothing to do with our campaign |
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