A public meeting about plans to site a Tetra mast in Penally is taking place in the village next week.
The meeting is being called by the Penally Against Tetra Action Group to discuss plans submitted by Airwave mmO2 to upgrade a mast on land at the junction of Strawberry Lane and The Ridgeway, directly opposite the well established home for disabled children run by the Harriet Davis Trust.
"The type of mast planned is better known as a Tetra mast, and is being introduced as part of the National Radio Communications Service for the police force," said group members, Nan Dowell and Ann Dassen.
"There has been much controversy regarding the safety of the microwave radiation used by Tetra," they explained. "They are pulsed at a rate of 17.6 cycles per second, bang in the middle of the frequencies used in the brain's natural rhythm. This is happening 24 hours a day!
"What is even more alarming is that the 'doming' effect of these waves covers a radius of at least 1.25 miles.
Mrs. Dassen continued: "Within this area lie five schools. Penally School, Tenby Infants, Tenby Junior, St. Teilo's School and Greenhill School and as parents we are extremely concerned.
"There will be many people who say we are scare mongering, but what we ask is that parents and grandparents do their own research. Just type in Tetra mast on a search engine on the internet and there is a wealth of free information available."
The group are particularly concerned of the health risks posed by such structures, including cancer, leukaemia (especially in children), brain damage, blindness, heart attacks, epilepsy, miscarriage, interference with pacemakers and hearing aids, confusion, dizziness/nosebleeds and dementia.
Furthermore, recent developments in Haverfordwest have been brought to the group's attention regarding behavioural problems in some children near the recently erected Tetra mast there.
"This has led to those children being officially given home tutoring, while medical problems have also been reported," pointed out Mrs. Dassen.
The group's other major concerns include the value of property within the 1.25-mile radius, as well as the aesthetic beauty of an area visible to the whole of Tenby and surrounding area, particularly the coastal path. The area of the proposed Tetra mast is documented as having some of the finest views in Britain.
The group is urging anyone who feels that urgent action is necessary, to send individual letters of objection to Mr. D Lawrence, Head of Planning, Pembrokeshire County Council, Haverfordwest, to reach there by October 18.
"It is unbelievable that petitions are classed as single objections only," added Mrs. Dassen. Children are also encouraged to write as well as individuals, as their views as stated in Articles 6,12 and 36 of the 'Convention of the Rights of the Child, 1991' are supported by Peter Clarke, the Children's Commissioner for Wales.
All concerned individuals are invited to a public meeting at Penally Village Hall at 7 pm on Tuesday.