17/11/2009 - Emily Webber investigates ways of protecting yourself

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Hannah Hughes was a bubbly and energetic child, so when the 11 year old began to fall ill every Wednesday after school her family were mystified.

"I didn't understand why she was coming home sick," recalls her father Glynn Hughes who at the time worked as a telecommunications consultant. "Shortly after she moved to her secondary school she would complain of headaches every Wednesday. She'd also vomit and look very pale."

A friend thought it could be radiation sickness and asked Glynn if his daughter, now 16, spent any time in the part of the school which had a mobile phone mast. It transpired that each Wednesday she had a class just eight feet away from a mast. This was eventually moved from the school but Glynn from Preston Lancashire began looking into mast emissions and how to shield against them.

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- Original article in the Daily Express (View External Website)