Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Effects of Cell Phones & Cell Tower Radiation !

Currently in India number of cell phones  are more than 50 crore cell phone users.
Nearly 5.4 lacs Cell Phone Towers are now In India.

Experts like Prof. Girish Kumar,IIT Mumbai ,says that the amount  of Radiation emitted  from these towers in a day is equivalent to putting  one's body in an oven for 19 minutes.

He again says that Half an hour of cell Phone use a day, increases Brain Cancer Risk.

A landmark 10 - year study undertaken by the WHO has found that people who speak on this handset for more than half an hour a day for over 10 years are at risk of brain Cancer.

Experts says that for some people , short term effect from cell tower radiation exposure may include  --headache, sleep disorders, poor memory, mental excitation, confusion, anxiety, depression & listlessness.

According to ICNIRP guide lines exposure to Radio Frequency  fields ( of the 1800 MHz spectrum) in   India = 9.2 watts per sqm.,  Aucland = 0.50 watts per sqm . Russia ( since 1972 ) =0.02 watts per sqm.,    New South Wales  = 0.00001 watts per sqm.


 Courtesy  : Prof.Girish Kumar.
In view of the  above India has the worst  cell phone tower Radiation norms in the World.

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