Shamelessly stolen from bloomfield.me.uk but i thought it was worth repeating here.

Campaigners against the installation of new mobile phone transmitters on a church here in Edinburgh seem to be getting hot under the collar about p*rn. They claim that that Vodafone transmitters, due for installation on the tower of Pilrig St Paul’s Church about half way down Leith Walk, will be used to transmit adult material to users of 3G mobile phones.

And while it’s true that Vodafone do offer some adult material on their network (albeit only to those people who have specifically asked for an adult-content bar to be removed), it’s a bit of a leap of logic to oppose all mobile transmitters based on that argument. It would be a bit like saying that all newsagents should be banned, because they might sell top-shelf girlie mags to people. Or that the Royal Mail should be shut down, because folk could order dodgy videos by mail-order.

The second argument they put forward is that the transmitters are also apparently unsafe. Here’s the quote from a worried parent:

There is emerging evidence that masts are harmful, particularly to children.

Emerging evidence, eh? Where from exactly? There’s no source given to support this claim in the news article, and therefore it could be nothing more than heresay. Indeed, all the research I’ve ever heard about with regards to safety of mobile masts and phones has been, at worse, inconclusive. The World Health Organisation says that fears about base stations are unfounded, and so does the UK Health Protection Agency.