Today's THE IRISH TIMES reports very interesting
developments regards farmer John Ryan's health crises
arising from the Vodfone mast erected on his land. You
have archived at 5.06.2004 "John Ryan: Phone Mast
wrecks my life" an earlier posting on John's
situation.

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/232655/



The Dr. Anthony N de Souza of the Irish Health Service
Executive (HSE) South Eastern Area, mentioned in the
article below, attended the WHO EHS conference at
Prague (Oct 2004)as did his colleague , Dr. Bethann
Roch. 

Dr. Souza is quoted as saying that the "only certain
way to ascertain whether the [John Ryan's] symptoms
were due to EMF exposure is to remove the mast and see
if the symptoms are alleviated."
 
But is this really a foolproof way of determining a
causal link between  John's symptoms and the radiation
from the mast on his farm?  John and Rosie, his wife,
have already voiced their suspicion in an earlier
interview ( "John Ryan:  Phone mast wrecks my life"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/232655/) that the
power seemed turned down while their farm was being
tested.  What foolproof methods are there to ensure
that he and his farm won't be radiated by other means
after this mast is removed just "to prove" by stealth
when needs be, that John's problems did not arise from
radiation exposure  because he obviously is still
experiencing these symptoms!  I have had direct
experience here of how an Irish telecommunication
company can deliberately worsen or magnify  an EHS
person's symptoms  by  a simple RF/MW power increase
in the home and immediate area where that targeted
person resides.  It happened directly following my
opening of an esisreal@eircom.net email address in
early February 2002 and after a week of this MW/RF
harassment I decided it was too dangerous for me to
continue using that esisreal account. At the end, I
have pasted in my documentation of  this harassment of
a week's duration archived at Citizens Initiative
Omega  with date 15.02.03

SO, Dr. Souza's "certain way to ascertain" that John's
symptoms are caused by radiation from the mast 
reflects well on Dr. Souza's belief in the absolute
integrity of Vodafone and the Irish telecommunciations
networks but sadly it doesn't take into account the
dirty tricks they would most likely stoop to to
"prove" John, poor man, may have all these ill-health
symptoms but they have nothing to do with radiation
exposure, including exposure from a Vodafone mast!  

Best,  Imelda,  Cork, Ireland.

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THE IRISH TIMES,  MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2005, PAGE 2

"FARMER SAYS PHONE MAST IS MAKING HIM ILL

    VODAFONE WANTS ANY DEAL TO REMOVE MAST TO RULE OUT
FUTURE CLAIMS

[by] Joe Humphreys

A Tipperary farmer in dispute with Vodafone over the
erection of a mobile phone mast on his land has been
asked to indemnity the company against future claims
as part of an agreement on removing the installation.
     John Ryan, who claims to have suffered a severe
physical reaction to 'radiation pollution' emanating
from the mast, has been told by Vodafone that any
agreement on its removal would have to serve as a
final settlement of the matter.  This would preclude
Mr Ryan from taking a case against the company on the
grounds that the mast may have damaged his health.
      In a separate development, officials from the
Health Service Executive (HSE) South Eastern area and
the Department of Communications are to meet to
discuss concerns surrounding Mr Ryan's health.  This
comes amid suggestions that the mast be removed to
establish whether the farmer was suffering radiation
pollution.
     Mr Ryan had given permission for the mast to be
erected on his farm at Golden under a [euros] 50,000
five-year deal with Vodafone.  However, shortly after
the mast was activated in March 2003, the farmer
reported bouts of headaches, cramps and dizzy spells
which he blamed on exposure to electro-magnetic fields
(EMF).
     The HSE regional assistant  director of public
health, Dr Anthony N de Souza, has written to the
Department of Communications confirming Mr Ryan had
experienced 'spikes' of raised blood pressure at
certain times of the day.
     In addition, Mr Ryan 'complains of prickling and
burning sensations in the skin, pain and aches in the
muscles and a burning in the chest and stomach.
     'The symptoms are certainly real for Mr Ryan, but
I don't know if these are due to EMF.  But as no other
cause was found and the symptoms started after the
mast was erected on his farm this needs to be
considered.
     'The only certain way to ascertain whether the
symptoms were due to EMF exposure is to remove the
mast and see if the symptoms are alleviated,' Dr de
Souza wrote.
     Vodafone has offered in recent weeks to remove
the mast but only if Mr Ryan indemnifies the company
against future claims and agrees to cover the cost of
removing the installation.
     The company said any agreement would also be
contingent on Mr Ryan refraining from objecting to any
planning application for a mast in his locality, THE
IRISH TIMES has learnt.
     While neither party would comment on the
negotiations, citing confidentiality, it is understood
Mr Ryan is refusing to sign the indemnity clause, and
is instead offering to refund the company all fees it
had paid to him to date - a total of [euros] 30,000 -
and waive all future fees if the mast is immediately
dismantled.
     His case has been backed by local Fianna Fail
senator Martin Mansergh, who last month wrote to
Vodafone saying:  'It would be wrong in my opinion for
a successful and profitable large corporation like
Vodafone to adopt a punitive attitude to a farmer with
few resources at this disposal.'
     The Department of Communications says scientific
research has failed to prove that exposure to EMF
through mobile phone antennae adversely affects human
health.  However, the matter remains a subject of some
controversy.
    In a statement Vodafone said:  'While we, of
course, sympathise with the symptoms Mr Ryan has
described, we firmly believe that they have nothing to
do with our mast, and there is no evidence to suggest
the contrary.'"

An inset photo beneath the article has this caption: 
"John Ryan, wearing protective netting, beside the
phone mast on his farm in Co Tipperary."  
             
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Below is archived at:  Citizens Initiative Omega (via
google)   15/02/03 


Hi Klaus:

Yesterday, under the heading "Occupational Exposure to
RF/MW and Microwave Sickness" you posted Kathy Hawk's
account of the Doe family's adverse experiences with
RF/MWs. I noticed with particular interest Kathy's
observation that it was most likely during the time
the "'independent'" measurements were taking place
that "the facility appeared not operating at full
capacity" and cellphone users found their phones
wouldn't work within a radius of some miles. In other
words, the power source appeared deliberately to be
turned down to ensure desired results.

I would like to share my experiences with what would
appear to be the opposite: the strength being
deliberately turned up and used as a form of
harassment. This occured just about a year ago. 

And I bet my experience is not an isolated one!

Best, Imelda, Cork, Ireland

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My journal entries on a severe EHS week

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 to c. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2002

FRIDAY (FEB. 1). Yesterday, I engaged in a certain
action online, that resulted in our EHS condition
being brought directly to the attention of an unnamed
Irish telecom network. Below is an account of its
response. Or perhaps it was just a co-incidence that
the below started within 24 hours of my confrontation
with it on our EHS issue.

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Today, Friday, February 1, ushered in unusually
high/severe radiation levels in my place of residence
a housing estate) in a town, c. ten miles from Cork.
It was the worst for c. two years. Especially strong
after 8.00 P.M. Had a number of brain short
circuits/seizures as I lay in bed before eventually
dropping off to sleep.

SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBR. 2 was similar. I'd rate the
ambient radiation pretty strong (c. 8/10) from 9.00
P.M. Had to wear aluminium helmet again in bed and
still had a series of brain seizures.

On MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 returned from Cork c. 5.00 P.M.
and the radiation levels in the house here seemed
unusually high, even at that early hour. Cork had been
just fine. The levels got progressively more severe
during the eve. Lots of inward airwave suction (most
probably, the usual microwaves/radio frequencies)
through my ears throughout the eve. Tried to read in
bed with the tinfoil helmet firmly in place but each
time I started falling off to sleep I'd get a sharp
short-circuiting of my brain/brain seizures. A bad
night's sleep again. Very broken and many quick
seizures.

TUESDAY MORNING, FEBR. 6: Radiation levels fairly low
as they usually are in the mornings here. But when I
returned from Cork (where again levels were very
tolerable) to the house here, c. 4.45 P.M., the
ambient radiation levels were already very forceful
and uncomfortable and felt lots of inward airwave
suction (MW/RFs) through my ears.

TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBR. 5 TO WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBR. 6:
A terrible night--hideously awful. Felt as if I were
under some kind of microwave siege right through the
night with no letting up. Signals kept moving swiftly
inwards through my aural tract and felt as if they
were going ping, like metal balls, off the centre of
my brain and then resonating throughout my brain. Just
as one would fade out another would come through and
each time it really hurt deep inside my brain. Then I
also had brain seizures right throughout the night. Of
course, I wore the aluminium helmet throughout. Felt
wrecked in the morning and my eyelids were all puffy
and violet. The upper contour of my left eyelid looked
very odd--it had become twisted in shape like a very
crooked line. It returned to normal by later in the
day. The other occupant of this small house, said that
she didn't sleep all through Tuesday night to
Wednesday morning but she put it down to being wound
up after a supervisor monitored her work. She also
remarked, though, that one of her eye's appeared as if
it were developing a sty. She had never had this
ailment before and was unsure what she should do. She
thought that this might be due to laptop screen
distress but wasn't sure. I didn't mention my violet
and puffy eyelids and odd contour of left eye lid. (My
housemate adamantly refuses to consider anyone could
possibly be affected by radiation or electricicy). On
Thursday she mentioned that her "sty" had disappeared.

On Wednesday morning I telephoned the Southern Health
Board and asked for an appointment with the person in
charge of GMS contracts. (That means General Medical
Services--the GPs who treat public patients). I
relayed that I had had a really quite dangerous night
of continuous brain seizures from high radiative
levels and MW/RFs bombarding me throughout the night.
When I turned up for the appointment in Cork was told
she had a meeting and couldn't see me. Met another S.
Health Board employee instead but it was most
unsatisfacory. Didn't get past the door. My most
urgent query, I said to her, was trying to locate a
G.P. who would take my brain seizures and what is
causing them seriously and help me attain an early
appointment with a neurologist who specialises in
seizures, either within Ireland or in another EU
country. As THE IRISH TIMES had reported (in profile
article on EU commissioner, David Byrne whose brief
includes health that appeared in Friday, Febr. 1, p.
13) ". . . patients are entitled to treatment in
another EU country, at the expense of their own health
authority, if they face undue delays at home." Felt
really dejected and depleted in energy as I headed
back to where I live. Felt I could die any night from
severe brain seizures and this Irish Southern Health
Service couldn't careless.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEBR. 6 TO THURS. FEBR. 7: 
High levels again throughout Thursday night. Fully
awake from c. 2.00 A.M. to 4.30 A.M. Then drowsed off
and shot awake shortly afterwards by signals coming
through my aural tract. The first of these came
through very clearly at exactly 5.00 A.M. I became
alert and checked the time. Then was drifting off to
sleep again when I was shot awake by a new batch of
signals. Again checked time and it was exactly 5.30
A.M. The third time I was awoken by strong signals
coming through ws precisely at 6.00 A.M. Each time the
signals comae through my aural tract I got a brain
seizure/a short circuiting of my brain.

Tel. the Dublin Head Office of BRAINWAVE--THE IRISH
EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION and spoke to the Information
Officer there. She had never heard of
electrosensitivity so said I'd send her a packet of
info. She was unsure what the medical convention is
for validation that a patient is really getting
seizures. It's easier to determine this when it's
epilepsy and there are witnesses to the epileptic
episode. 

Need to get a neurologist urgently and get EEG tests
done. No brain could stand up to the punishment that I
have outlined above, without getting irreparably
damaged.

SUNDAY MORNING, FEBR. 10:
Not as severe a night as earlier ones this past week,
although radiative levels did shoot up c. 9.00 P.M.
Woke to signals coming through just after 5.00 A.M.
Not so severe right now. It's 1.55 P.M. Yesterday, had
to stop using my laptop after ten minutes in the
afternoon because the radiation was too strong. Now,
it's somewhat more tolerable. But physically I look
wrecked from ordeal of last week.

MONDAY MORNING, FEBR. 11
It was a surprisingly OK night but wore the tinfoil
helmet just in case. Woke a few times but got back to
sleep. Woke to some signals coming through after 5.00
A.M. Feel OK and have been able to use the laptop for
a longer period than I could throughout all of last
week.