[TowerTalk] tower troubles elsewhere

[alsopb]

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua
                         (Reuters) - Authorities on
                         the Caribbean  island of
                         Antigua have agreed to
                         relocate a cellular phone
                          antenna tower after
                         villagers staged a protest
               complaining they  could suffer
               radiation effects.  

               A group of 50 people from the
               village of Buckleys protested  outside
               government offices Wednesday then
               met with Prime  Minister Lester Bird
               and Public Utilities Minister Robin
                Yearwood.  

               "Your cause is a just one," Bird said,
               telling them the  tower would be
               moved.  

               The villagers said they were not
               consulted on the  construction of the
               tower by the state-run Antigua Public
                Utilities Authority (APUA). They
               said it was too close to a  school and
               residential area and they feared that
               radiation  emitted from it could be
               dangerous.  

               APUA, in a statement, assured the
               villagers the tower was  too high to
               pose a health hazard.

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