The story of Drumcarrow

At Drumcarrow Hill, Fife, in Scotland, a TETRA transmitter has been 'live'since the late '90s. Only about two hundred people live around the mast but there are at least seven recent cases of cancer and five cases of Motor Neurone Disease diagnosed over the past five years. (Roughly one person in 50,000 to 100,000 is diagnosed with MND per year.) Scientist Dr Neil Cherry researched the potential health hazards of low frequency radiation: he died of MND in 2003, convinced he contracted it as a consequence of his long exposure. Research on calcium imbalance linked to MND, plus studies (listed in the Stewart report) of calcium efflux, suggest MND as being potentially linked to TETRA technology.

Dr Cherry's work suggests other health effects including calcium interference; heart problems; blood problems; interference with bone marrow and tumours. On the subject of tumours, a thirty year old woman of Drumcarrow was diagnosed recently with a brain tumour.(27)

Health

Dr Cherry's work shows some illnesses thought to be caused by long-term low level electromagnetic radiation include: depression; difficulty in concentration; neurological illnesses; headaches; fatigue; miscarriage; infertility; and a reduction in melatonin. (Stanford University Medical Center reports that without melatonin, the cell's DNA may be more prone to cancer-causing mutations.) The work of Dr Russell Reiter shows links between electromagnetic frequencies, melatonin and cancer. James E. Trosko, Professor of pediatrics and human development at Michigan State University, reports that electromagnetic fields have a biological effect on body cells, an effect that can contribute to the complex cellular process that leads to cancer. Henry Lai, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, describes experiments using radiofrequency radiation which caused damage to the DNA of rat brain cells and, he remarks, DNA damage that accumulates in cells over a period of time may be the cause of slow onset diseases, such as cancer. Meanwhile, he adds, cumulative DNA damage in nerve cells of the brain has been associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's Huntington's and Parkinson's.