Help, mobile tower planned 10 meters from my house

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That's not what Statistical Significance means.

As you say, correlation does not imply causation, and just because there's a large amount of data does not make it any more or less so. There's no attempt been made to apply statistical tests to the data presented, so its Statistical Significance is unknown.

And I think it's fair to suggest that this paper is hardly unbiased, starting out with

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Hah. I just read it through and reached the same conclusion.

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That's the Mobile tower????

Really?

I'd be more worried about that ugly brown building than the "tower"!

If so, really it's a big fuss for something very little... it's hardly noticeable!

Mind you, they could have put it somewhere else...

(Unless it's like a sign to indicate they will build Mordor's tower there later on?)

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No, that's not the tower. That's a planning pole. They put those things up in Switzerland to demonstrate the neighbours how high a planned building will be...

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Ha yes I've seen these before then. It's with the red bit on the top to indicate the total height of the future construction.

I was not sure it did look like a "mobile tower" (as in mobility).

Anyone has a picture of what it looks like in general? (I googled but most results are the massive tower with about 100's satellites on it).

It does look way to close to the garden and the trampoline, and it does looks a very weird location to build that there...

Hmmm...

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You need to be far more concerned about your own mobile handset than about any antenna tower. You have your mobile phone within a couple of centimetres from your body, for most people 24 hours a day. That's giving you a far higher exposure of rf energy than any antenna tower will give you.

If you have a concern, the first thing to do is get rid of your mobile phone, not the antenna.

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According to my googling the WHO don't but the International Agency for Research on Cancer do.

The WHO do say:

The IARC listing is based on "some indications of an increased risk of glioma for those who reported the highest 10% of cumulative hours of cell phone use, although there was no consistent trend of increasing risk with greater duration of use. The researchers concluded that biases and errors limit the strength of these conclusions and prevent a causal interpretation."

There's a full study coming this year. Note the issue is with mobile phone use and not masts.

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I always use my bluetooth headset with the handy. For reasons of comfort. Does that actually make a difference? (Not concerned, just wondering).

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Yes - bluetooth power is lower so there's less happening near your brain (but a little more happening elsewhere depending on where your phone is).

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Hey, look at it from the bright side...at least you'll have good reception.

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great idea but not very subtle in Switzerland.

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I did not make this up when I said that a lot of antennas are hidden in church towers in Switzerland... I'd guess 70% of churches earn some extra cash this way...

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This is the tower:

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maybe you can shoot it with a shotgun until they build a disguise around it.

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It could work in Ticino.

Tom

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Excellent!

Problem sorted then.

OP, wait until they build that cactus, then complain it's blocking your view.

Eventually, move out then move in back, and complain that there's a kind of tree* blocking your view. You'll gain sympathy, support and results.

*it's ok, for a Swiss it's like a foreigner tree.

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I guess a cactus might indeed be too suspicious, but there are tons of other options to camouflage a mobile tower... how about a minaret?

Here are some design options: http://documents.mx/documents/catalo...amouflage.html

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Not going to happen.

They tried back in 2009, 57.5% of the Swiss voters rejected the idea...

Which is why a cactus is not that bad! It's new, it's foreign, it's not local... great chances to have it removed

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Nope, that's not what the vote was about. It ONLY outlawed thin, tall and pointy religious buildings. A cell tower camouflaged as a minaret is of course not an actual minaret and therefore not a religious building... totally legal and would probably be a minor tourist attraction in Switzerland. The OP could make a fortune selling coffee and cake to elderly SVP protesters...