SIR - The people of Pickersleigh Road, Malvern, are right to be worried about harm to their health from a Hutchison 3G mast, should it be put up and operated near their homes.

People do get sick from radiation from that type of transmitter.

But I write to comment on the last part of your piece, where it is stated the firm says: "No other alternative site has been found."

Hutchison do not find the sites themselves.

They use freelance agencies who locate a willing landlord who will accept a mast and base station on their premises.

These agents only get paid if planning permission is obtained for the actual site.

Consequently, once they have found a landlord and obtained his signature they look no further, because they need their expenses paid and examining other sites erodes their earnings.

It is these paid-per-site bounty hunters that local planning officers deal with, not the phone operator.

I am convinced this is the reason why no other alternative sites have been found.

Ask Hutchison 3G UK to identify the alternative sites examined and let it produce the reports.

I will not be surprised if you find there are none!

EIRIKUR M PETURSSON, Upper Colwall.