Welfare concerns in Stokers

UPDATE September 18, 2014:

STOKERS Siding residents campaigning against the installation of a NBNCo wireless internet tower have this week again complained to Telecommunications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

This time, they have serious concerns about the psychological distress they say the issue is placing on a local family, with concerns held for their welfare.

The family fears health impacts from a 36-metre wireless internet tower.

The residents have not alerted health services or the police, but they have contacted the office of Federal Richmond MP Justine Elliot about the family's plight.

However, a NBNCo spokesperson said the towers emit "the same kind of radio frequency signals as AM/FM radio, television and police car radio radios".

Resident spokesperson Carolyn Boniface said the location of the tower was close enough for the community to be worried about radiation.

"They've done the research and have major concerns about possible cancer links," she said.

"We have contacted Justine's office to make sure Turnbull knows, so then nobody can say we didn't have a high level of distress here."

A spokesperson for Elliot's office said the relevant authorities have been contacted.

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Welfare concerns in Stokers