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Coconut trees in close proximity of cell tower after a certain height gets affected as the leaves and its fruits are at the top only. The leaves are crippled and the fruits are spotted on its body and the trees die , premature fruits start to fall . There are similar trees are there seen to be affected . During last few years Coconut trees in villages having Cell Towers found to produce defective green coconuts of irregular shape with spots which are being sold in the market .
A tower is an open microwave oven. Microwave radiations from mobile towers are harmful to human health. There are short term effects and long term effects . All are not equally susceptible to radiations. But most people will be affected after many years of continuous exposure . Temperature rise , increase in the incidence of cancer , reduction in immunity and resultant infectious diseases, premature aging , decrease in birds and bees are the result of the microwave radiations. The dish antennas for tower to tower communication can be replaced with a fiber optic link. The effect of dish antennas , side lobes etc, should be studied.
It is a human rights violation to install mobile towers near schools , hospitals , and residential areas and increase power transmitted as they wish. It should be at a safe distance and consent from neighbors should be obtained .
Total transmitted power from towers should be such that nearest residence radiation density is less than 100 uW/m2.
Shielding is an effective technique to reduce radiation inside house. There are lot of products in the market . The genuine ones have to be located and cost effective ones should be developed. With combined research with industry , it may be possible to put shields in the tower itself to protect nearby residents from harmful effects.
More in next page.
Kisalay Mitra
EFCTN .
Coconut trees in close proximity of cell tower after a certain height gets affected as the leaves and its fruits are at the top only. The leaves are crippled and the fruits are spotted on its body and the trees die , premature fruits start to fall . There are similar trees are there seen to be affected . During last few years Coconut trees in villages having Cell Towers found to produce defective green coconuts of irregular shape with spots which are being sold in the market .
A tower is an open microwave oven. Microwave radiations from mobile towers are harmful to human health. There are short term effects and long term effects . All are not equally susceptible to radiations. But most people will be affected after many years of continuous exposure . Temperature rise , increase in the incidence of cancer , reduction in immunity and resultant infectious diseases, premature aging , decrease in birds and bees are the result of the microwave radiations. The dish antennas for tower to tower communication can be replaced with a fiber optic link. The effect of dish antennas , side lobes etc, should be studied.
It is a human rights violation to install mobile towers near schools , hospitals , and residential areas and increase power transmitted as they wish. It should be at a safe distance and consent from neighbors should be obtained .
Total transmitted power from towers should be such that nearest residence radiation density is less than 100 uW/m2.
Shielding is an effective technique to reduce radiation inside house. There are lot of products in the market . The genuine ones have to be located and cost effective ones should be developed. With combined research with industry , it may be possible to put shields in the tower itself to protect nearby residents from harmful effects.
More in next page.
Kisalay Mitra
EFCTN .
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