The mayor of the second largest city in Calvados is going to remove the wi-fi network from local schools.

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27 April 2009

The mayor of the second largest city in Calvados is
going to remove the wi-fi network from local schools.


HEROUVILLE-SAINT-CLAIR (AFP) — The town council of Hérouville-Saint-Clair (Calvados-Normandy) is going to remove the wi-fi network (wireless Internet) in its schools before the end of the year, it announced on Monday, four days after the launch of the "Radiation Round Table" in Paris.


"We are going to apply the precautionary principle. Our
job is to protect people's health," declared the mayor
Rodolphe Thomas during a press conference.

In this new town of 24,000 inhabitants situated on the
outskirts of Caen, the wi-fi network has provided local
schools with a wireless connection to the Internet, via the
town hall. The dozen sites concerned will now have
independent Internet access.

In addition the Council are going to finance ten or more
measurements of electromagnetic fields in the town, at a
total cost of 4-5000 euros, added Laurent Mata, chief
deputy mayor in charge of sustainable development.

The intention is to change or relocate certain antennas if
the radiation is too intense. "We'll take them to court" if the
phone companies refuse to do this, affirmed M. Mata.

The mayor of Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Rodolphe Thomas

In September Hérouville Saint-Clair is going to launch a
campaign about the precautions to take to protect oneself
from radiation, aimed at the general public, the telecom
operators and the landlords "who receive 1500-2500
euros per month for the rent of the roof where the relay
antenna is installed", according to M. Mata. He estimates
that overall these plans will cost the town 15,000 euros.

Criirem (Centre for research and independent information
on electromagnetic radiation), which claims to be the only
independent organisation taking measurements of
electromagnetic fields, has indicated that about 20 town
and city councils in France have asked them to carry out
assessments of this kind.

A relay antenna installed on the roof of an apartment
building in Hérouville-Saint-Clair (Calvados) 27 04 2009


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