Phone Masts Kept Secret

The Independent - Phone mast locations kept from public

Mobile phone companies and the Government's official regulator are keeping information about the siting of radiation-emitting masts secret, despite rising concern about effects they may have on health.

The companies have stopped disclosing the sites of newly erected masts in what critics describe as "a fit of pique". And Ofcom, the communications industry regulator has refused to release information because it is afraid this might make the firms even more secretive.

News of the cover-up came as Sir William Stewart, the Government's top health protection watchdog, publicly voiced concerns about the possible effects of the radiation from the masts and Wi-Fi installations, and called for a "timely" official review.