Do Mobile Telephone Masts Actually Harm The Public?

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Do Mobile Telephone Masts Actually Harm The Public?

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Mobile telephones have transformed the telecommunications industry. These devices can be used to make telephone calls from almost anywhere, the explosion in the popularity of having one means that over half of everyone in Britain has one. The increase in the amount of telephones can only have a “knock-on” effect on the amount of mobile telephone masts, and these are considered to be the most dangerous. The media have had a focus on the dangers that mobile telephone masts pose in the long term, and the public are most definitely concerned with the risks involved in having mobile telephone masts near where they live.

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Concerns have been raised about the normal mobile phone, which has the antenna in the handset. In this case, the antenna is very close to the user's head during normal use of the telephone and there is concern about the level of microwave emissions to which the brain is being exposed. Microwaves can also be used to transmit information due to their ability to pass through many substances in the atmosphere (fog, dust, smoke). However, it is their use in microwave ovens with which we are most familiar. Water molecules have the ability to ...

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Punctuation, grammar and spelling to a good level, and the format of the essay is clear and concise.

The abstract seems to act as more of an introduction. The candidates outlines the basic model of the essay, but does not expand on why the telephone masts may cause a problem in the abstract which could be baseline mentioned so we know the focus of the topic. The candidate goes on to explain in detail the concern behind the use of mobile phones in the media in good scientific depth. The candidate does not really focus on the damage that they think the microwaves will do, and do not concentrate on radio masts explicitly but mainly mobile phone emissions. The conclusion is not adequate because it introduces many concepts which have not been discussed previously in the essay.

The response to the question is done well. The candidate goes into good scientific depth on the science behind the concerns and focuses somewhat on the social impact on people and outlines lightly their concerns. To improve the candidate should focus more on the question which means focusing on the problems that can be caused by microwave rays which is not covered particularly well, and they should improve their conclusion a lot to reflect on the actual essay.