Many communities across Northern Ireland have campaigned against phone masts over fears that low level radiation could pose a health risk to people living near the ariels.

BBC: Health fears over phone mast

Many communities across Northern Ireland have campaigned against phone masts over fears that low level radiation could pose a health risk to people living near the installations.

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Residents groups have suggested that until more is known about the effects low-level RF radiation may be having on the long-term health of children, mast construction should be limited in certain areas.

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While the level of radiation is extremely low, some studies have found that over time a small number of cancer cases could result from scanning millions of people a year.

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Separately to the privacy concerns, some health officials feared the Rapiscan 1000SP scanner, which uses low-level X-rays to generate the image viewed by screeners, might expose passengers to unsafe levels of radiation.

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