Discussion on Cell Phone Towers Cancer Risk !

Where a base station is installed on top of a building where people live or work, those occupants may be quite unaware that they are in very close proximity to equipment which produces substantial EMR.
Cellular Phone Industry spokes person continue to assert that Cell Phone  towers pose no health risk, almost all scientists in this field would disagree , at the very least claiming that no such assurance can be given.
There is a strong evidence that EMR  from Cell phone Tower is damaging  to human ( and  animal ) health.
A study into the effects  of a cell tower on a herd of dairy cattle was conducted by the Bavarian state Govt. in Germany & published in 1993. The erection of the  tower  caused adverse health  effects resulting in
a measurable  drop in milk yield. Relocating the cattle restored the milk yield.
A Human Study ( Kempton west ) in 2007 measured blood levels of seratonin & melatonin ( important hormons involved in brain messaging, mood, sleep regulation & immune system function) both before, &five months after , the activation of a new cell site. Twenty five participants lived within 300 meters of the site. Substantial unfavorable changes occurred with respect to both hormones, in almost all participants.
Over 100 Scientists & Physicians at BOSTON & HARVARD Universities schools of Public health have called Cell Towers a Radiation Hazard.
Very few studies have specifically concentrated on Cancer risk from cell phone towers. This lack of studies is in itself a cause for concern, especially since anecdotal evidence is plentiful.
For example, in a case known as " Towers of Doom ", two cell masts were installed (1994) on a five storied apartment building in London. Residents complaint of many health problems in the following years. Seven of them were  diagonised with Cancer. The Cancer rate of the top floor residents (closest to the tower) was 10 times the national average.
That more research is needed but it may be slow in curing. Those who might fund major studies are the very same organisation who would be disadvantaged if a definite link between cell towers & cancer were established.
At an international  health conference , 33 delegates from seven Countries declared  cell phone towers a public emergency.
In my next blog - hope to write more on this.

Cell Towers In other countries how they look ?

Since 2002, I have visited United Kingdom & made 5 trips so far to UK & European Countries  till 2009.
Presently I am visiting USA since last 4 months,traveled from east coast to south coast important cities like New Hampshire State,Buffalo state-Niagra falls, Massachusetts -Connecticut, Boston, Newyork, New jersey , Texas State - Dallas city, Houston city etc.
The cell phones are very essential now a days to everyone, many own cell phones more than one.In modern time the use of cell phone is a must , it is an essential tool to keep connected with each other.
In United Kingdom & USA - Cell Towers/Service providers are Independent owner,operator&developer of broadcast & wireless communication sites.
The cell towers are rarely seen installed on roof tops, if at all found on roof  tops, the building is very high rise one. The Cell towers mostly installed  either on land or on top of mountains surrounded with huge  jungles to camouflage cell towers fixing  high mounted  antenna discs on a huge single metal tapered  shaped pipes, in its bottom, the base station room made of PVC at ground level of the tower. A big tapered (16''dia.to 6")octagonal shaped steel pipe mainly is used as main member of the cell tower. In many places cell tower's antennas are not visible .One can not see cell towers in UK like India, the rules & guide lines are very strictly followed by the service providers, no where chance of violations are seen,another  important thing is that the cell towers are not seen in Residential areas & it is not allowed  by the Govt.,but in exceptional cases the cell towers are also seen in commercial/industrial areas for better coverage when density of users are more .The locations of cell tower in UK & European Countries are not seen in short distances, minimum 1 mile radius is maintained between the next tower. Due to strict rules of Govt. no service providers dare to violate the law of the land, the whole communication systems are managed with limited number of towers, by this radiation level does not exceed .
The radiation audit of the cell tower is always submitted to Govt. body by the service providers as per the  License norms.I have rarely seen any cell tower installed in low mounted manner to protect the bad effect of  health hazards of human & animal  from radiation. The single tower is shared by multiple service providers by their different antennas. Due to the strict adherence to rules the health hazard complaints are less. If any complaints are received the local planning, zoning or community development office will intervene the matter &  solve the problems of complainants.
In foreign countries the Technology of Cell Tower is so advanced that the  Electrical  High Tension Transmission  Structural  top posts  are being used by  fixing cell tower's  huge circular Antennas, which is very power full & gives long long distance coverage of cell phone users & in its ground the base Stations are  housed between its 4 legs of  Elec.Tower posts, which is done very intelligently by using the space & saving money by the service providers & keeping cell towers away from human living area.There was a report  published  in 2009 in UK that Scientists have found that Cell tower radiation has no health risk ! There is no solid proof in this regard. But there is strong evidence that EMR from cell phone tower is damaging  to human ( and animal ) health.
In USA  cell towers are mostly fixed in highly mounted  specially made tapered pipe post more than 60 to 80feet high from ground, in some places more than 100ft.towers are seen, & these towers are shared by multiple service providers fixed in different levels & in down town areas cell towers are seen on top of high rise (minim. above 20 storied) Buildg. in office areas. But when you travel or drive on freeway/ high-ways the cell towers normally are seen either on hilly (inside huge jungles) or in plain ground away from freeway. Here in USA/UK  one single tower is being shared by multiple service providers, very rarely seen cell towers near to residential area , near play ground, near Hospitals or School Bldgs.
Now I display a few cell tower pictures of USA , UK & India ,

all above pictures are in USA & UK ,  below one is typical cell tower picture in India

Cell Towers In other countries how they look ?

In this Blog, I like to write about the  Look of the  Cell Towers construction structures which differ in its look from country to country. In India majority of  cell tower structures are built on  Roof  only by the private service providers by Leasing, very few Cell towers are built on Land by acquiring Land either by purchase or lease in urban & suburban areas. Only Govt. organisation like BSNL's huge cell towers are found mostly on land which depends mostly on availability.But in Kolkata  BSNL a Govt. Unit has also violated by making Cell Towers without obtaining permissions  from local Govt. bodies for which WBPCB & KMC already have received complaints from public,due to violation o  guide lines.But most private MNC Cos. are  found to make mostly Cell Towers  only on roof with concrete Pedestal column base, making tie beams on columns by extending old columns if available or if where old columns are not found  it is made by  making new frame work of column & beam of huge size of which dead loads were  not calculated in the initial design of the main Building /Apartment/flats, resulting structural stability of the building making the existing structures & foundation of the buildg. at risk, after  concrete pedestals are ready then there comes  installing of 4-legged  special grade aluminium frame work on Pedestal base of 15 mtr. height ( 50 feet). by bolting structures of bottom legs on a iron base plate fixed  in concrete pedestal  by iron bolts. Next comes making of  Room's wall & its Roof by  PVC make, as to work  as base stations room on same roof top, connecting electrical cabling power connections drawing from ground, installing all electronic accessories inside the room, but no where Warning sign board is being displayed/visible with caution board to make alert public -to  remain away from Radiation Zone, another the Aviation Lights not fixed on top of the tower  for night visibility , also fire fighting arrangements are not provided in most near  Cell tower zone which are all  mandetary as per guide lines of the  State Govt. What Corruption is going on in our Country ( India ) in open day light  due to most ignorance of public ??? In one side many Illegal towers are mushrooming, loss of huge Revenue of Govt. & other side these service providers are making their business at the cost of Human health ?
Further it is also seen in many places where whole open roof is available on Lease - there the service providers make the towers on the 4 corners of the roof area by the side of parapets with low ht. of antennas of circular discs & vertical types are  facing near the neighboring buildings.
There is no regular check ups for measuring Radiation audit levels ?

So long I described  about India's Cell tower , now I will  discuss about cell towers structures how they are built in foreign  countries like USA, UK, European countries etc. in my next Blog

Cell Towers in other Metro city Of India

In 2010 June ,Tahelka  A weekly Magazine of New Delhi /India , published a dangerous survey report making head lines in their 1st. week issue of magazine about the Cell Towers are located in Delhi Metropolitan city capital of India violating Govt. guide lines near to Important Hospitals,Important Schools,Near All India Congress party office, Connaght place , Near BJP party office, all these places are located near huge Cell Tower Radiation Zone,only PM's residence, Rashtrapati Bahavan ,Congress Party supremo Sonia Gandhi's residence are out of Cell Tower Radiation. They measured the radiation levels in important  places of  cell towers in MCD area & found that the radiation level are more than the norms .
With this news of magazine there was huge  turmoil in Govt.as  the cell towers pictures are shown & a detailed report published in the magazine showing all public reports , public complaints , people are already suffering in different diseases like Cancer , eye diseases , skin probs etc.  due to huge cell towers are installed in residential/commercial bldgs. in low mounted roofs having not followed any guide lines of MCD ( municipal corporation delhi), This news immediately became head lines of popular Electronic media like Star News, Zee news in that time, Govt. of Delhi metropolitan city have done nothing !! The Hon'ble Delhi High Court issued  a directive to Central Govt. based on petitions made by public PIL to constitute a High Power Committee to assess the health hazards on human health from Cell Tower Radiation by Medical Experts , Scientists, Technical Experts , Govt. DoT's Officials ? This news came in National news paper & Telegraphs news paper of kolkata, Court Ordered that to submit the Committee's Report within three months, three months report still awaited !!  It has already passed one year of Court's order, nothing has come out. Again in the 3rd. week of June '10,another  Cell Tower report  published by Tehelka Magazine on India's famous business city of Mumbai , similar cell tower radiation report was submitted by the same Magazine about the dangerous radiation hazards in a Metro City !! The Tehelka Magazine Group still now active in measuring  the radiation levels of Towers at random basis located in sensitive areas.
write in next blog --

Illegal Cell tower In metro City Kolkata/ India

The Chief Law Officer of West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB)/Kolkata  Sri Biswanath Mukherjee gave press release before one of the local largest News Paper dt.10th. May '11 stating that henceforth who ever have no legal permission to set up Cell tower & not removed within the time of notification given by Govt. body will be demolished like other metro cities Delhi & Mumbai where  Illegal Cell towers are removed already but this move in Kolkata will be first time based on a complaint (from this blogger) of having two illegal Cell towers in South Kolkata have no permission, this press release was given based  on my above complaints. The concerned officer also told to the press reporter of the print media that  in his office daily receiving such complaints of illegal towers, but this time they will not keep silent will be removed & accordingly given instructions to CESC ( Calcutta Electric Supply Co.) to disconnect the power supply.
All this press release repeatedly  came in the local newspapers stating bla bla that Govt. (KMC) is becoming vigilant & strict to take action against Illegal activities of law violators (Service Providers). After the above press release in the beginning of the year nothing has happened to those violators still now they are running their business at the cost of our health & depriving Govt. revenues. The land lord & service providers are again going to renew their Lease Aggt.
The Good & transparent Governance we can  not expect from such corrupt & inefficient officers & other Govt. bodies  -who do not think before going to the WAR , that how the Order Issued by the above officer will be executed !! Talking only  bullsheets to media for cheap popularity that we  will do this & that !!  The Govt. body till now could not take action or execute the above order mentioned in my earlier Blog , failed to make an  example like Delhi & Mumbai having the full power in the Administration . We are still waiting to see an exemplary action in Kolkata !!
Hope to write more blogs --!

Cell tower what I saw

The constant persue on the subject is still going on either by letter , email , personal meets to the concerned agencies but the wave of Paribartan not yet working in all places after new Govt. took over charge.
In  this way the matter was followed up in different levels, made meetings with local important members of social bodies for opinion to  combat such corruption causing health hazards to elderly persons, children, pregnant women & other various diseases are happening arround us, there are people who are very against of this silent killer standing on top of our roof , antennas are facing to wards buildgs. spreading constant radiation,mostly are installed in a low mounted roofs m creating a regular income to the landlords, for this cause of illegal towers in many areas of Metro city which is a common sight now a days we some like minded men took decision to meet Hon'ble Mayor of Kolkata as well as other KMC officials with genuine cases like
Director General, (Building)KMC  regarding  demolition of  two illegal mobile towers , he said it is not the job of KMC ,as KMC has no infrastructure for such work, but they have infra stucture for eviction by court order with the help of Police dept. its just avoiding by a highest & responsible officials of Govt., he has categorised the works on behalf of service providers not to take action for such such illegal activity in his personal whims, most interesting thing  is that he has issued a circular stating that in case it is found such illegal installation will be regularised on receipt of application from service providers with a fine of Rs.5lacs for each Tower. It shows/reveals from this circular there is indirect support & encouragement to the service providers to go on installing illegal towers making agreement between Landlord & Service providers , if complaints come we are there for your rescue and will be solved by imposing penalty to make it regularised, in this way whole Kolkata City , Salt lake city ,Howrah city,Urban areas , 18 district boards are mushroomed with illegal towers by not adhering any guide lines of Govt.. The Electro magnetic Radiation (EMR) level is increased  automatically & there is no govt.body to measure the radiation level at random basis , neither the service providers submit the true radiation level to the licensing authority nor Govt. body check ? In this way whole country's Cell Towers are installed  in this style irrespective on School Buildg's. roof top, near or inside Hospital buildgs., near play ground , in densely populated Residential areas. The out come of meet with Hon'ble Mayor as mentioned above has no impact because he has been kept in the dark about the health hazards of Cell Towers & installation of Cell Towers .
 More I will write next

Cell tower what I saw

The Two Cell tower companies in my earlier Blog failed to submit  the permission documents of Govt. bodies to Appellate court of WBPCB within the prescribed time approved earlier , as a result the Chief Law Officer of West Bengal Pollution Control Board is entrusted to execute different environmental laws within the territorial jurisdiction of the state of West Bengal,for the purpose of abatement of pollution & protection environment, state Board he issued an Order no . 5L/WPB/2010/T dt. 28.04.2011 upon M/s Wireless TT Info services Ltd.,now known as M/S VIOM Networks Ltd.,   &
 M/S.Indus Towers Ltd, to remove the mobile towers from premises no.32/12A, Gariahat Road - South, Kolkata -700031,for installing mobile towers without obtaining necessary permission of the competent authorities and therefore,State Board directed the mobile tower companies to remove the mobile tower from the premises under question within the prescribed time given in the order was15-05-2011,failing which State Board will issue necessary Regulatory order  by imposing 'Pollution Cost' & also demolishing order without any further reference.
As per the Law of the Land Mobile Tower Co.  before installing any mobile tower should obtain permission from the following authorities:-
a) Ministry of Communications & IT., Department of Telecommunicatios (DoT), Govt. of India
b) Local Authority like KMC.
c)Permission of the State Board for installing the Diesel generator set ( presently this is banned by the same board)

d)Structural Stability Certificate from the competent Engg. institution for installation of mobile tower & every year  the certificate  has to be renewed.
e) Permission of the other occupiers of the premises ,tenants, residents welfare committee -where mobile tower is intended  to be installed and in case of plain land permission from the Land & Land reforms Dept. and occupier of the land.
The Chief Law Officer  issued copies of the order to all concerned  like Exe. Director of CESC  not to give any Electric connection , copies to two tower cos., complainant, Land Lord of the premises, & so others.
After lapse of 15.05.2011 I not seen any action to execute the order by CESC for power disconnection, KMC  Authority , WBPCB , then written & personally met all concerned  but not found any result.
After the Victory of Trinamul Congress & others alliance parties over CPM Regime formed a New Govt. to bring Paribartan in the Stae of West Bengal, met the new Environment Minister with detailed documents handed over at Writer's Buildgs. on 10 th. june ,'11 in the presence of Principal Secretary in the room of MIC- environment, but all went in vain, after that also given reminders no result. As the Govt. have no joint action plan committee between KMC . Police dept. & WBPCB ,these flaws of Govt. the two tower cos.used the lapses of Govt. & moved to High Court to get it delayed  of their Illegal Act,as in our country Judiciary is very lengthy process, many illegal acts are being made legal by the loop holes of laws framed by Govt./ Country's Parliament.
To know the status we are meeting & writing to the concerned authorities about the subject above (under RTI act) no favourable reply is there till court decide!!

Cell tower what I saw

The legal battle  between service providers , Kolkata  Municipal Corporation (KMC) , West Bengal pollution Control Board (WBPCB)  & Police Dept. always there based on individual / mass  complaints , these responsible Govt. bodies  never make any flying check by a separate team of officials to watch how things are happening whatever approval they are  giving time to time to these service providers are being followed in toto or not , even they do not  take/ reply any complaints in the form of simple written complaints unless you ask through RTI Act. During the regime of earlier Govt. In West Bengal State/ India, no deptt. was honest in their action, WBPCB  dept. in the earlier time of Govt. has made a record of Corruptions in cell tower erection in residential Bldgs. in a very low mounted nature ,without using a single tower by multiple service providers with antennas. Based on my complaints  to WBPCB as mentioned in my earlier blog above, the dept. took action against Two service providers illegally installed over the Residential cum Bank Buildg.by sending me a letter of Hearing Notice to be present on the date of hearing in the
  Appellate court of WBPCB where in the said letter I noticed  that Land lord & the two service providers were asked to be present with their all documents of permissions , agreement copies etc. I went as usual with all my supporters /friends were present on the date of hearing date in the office of WBPCB, the court started at 3.30 pm  the officials of service providers did not present in the court , they send their Advocate to plead on behalf of them , the advocate said before the Magistrate/ Law officer  that they want more time to produce documents , the attending advocate submitted Wokalotnama  before the magistrate for another  15 days time to do so , but it was just to take more time & linger  , as they do not have any legal permissions .

I like to write the outcome in my next blog

Cell tower what I saw

In the meantime more unauthorised complaints of Cell towers started to  come in from my known source & friends --places viz. in South Kolkata - Selimpur , Bijoygarh , Howrah city, north kolkata Dum Dum area, salt lake area , urban areas of kolkata , here most of the people are protesting like me since  a long time b'coz of errecting cell towers very close  to their residential living building mostly even less than 5 metres ( 16ft.3in), in some places less than this distance too. One of the  famous Print Media of Kolkata also published one article in their editorial page written by me which reced. good response from public & many like minded  readers written to editor of news paper -  saying the article published on health hazard from cell tower Radiations for its harmful effects is of severe concern of  people living near cell tower - needs  frequent awareness programme or publish  the actual harmful effects by  News reporter or make / measure radiation levels  from cell tower antennas to convene by the renown  print media  & save people. The  major print media & Electronic  media  of our country have no  role  in this corrupted  health hazards business being run by MNC - Service providers.

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Cell tower what I saw

Wishing  All  Vijayadashami  of  Durga puja  good wishes, greetings & ensuing  Diwali  greetings, I  like to write more about the subject titled above :-
The reply from Exe. Engr. CPIO / Bldg. dept. & reply from WBPCB  started to come in for  making constant complaint under RTI Act -2005  , the contents of the letter surprised me  very much what I was anticipating last one year which came out as true ,clear like day light, that  both cell towers  installed on the Bank cum residential buildg.'s Roof  was 100% unauthorisedly installed  &  without the permission of KMC & KMC officials were investigating the matter on receipt of my complaint  from their source , as the dept.was working since  2010 against the service providers & Landlord, ultimately the cell towers were declared  illegal, action was taken against landlord & service providers  under section -401  of KMC municipal act, the legal battle started  informing WBPCB ( West Bengal Pollution Board ). On  receipt of  official letter from Govt. body  I wrote enclosing  photo copy of the letter  to  Dept. of Telecom (DoT) Central Minister , Hd. of DoT New Delhi , Honb'le Mayor of Kolkata,  Chairman & Chief law officers of WBPCB/State govt. for Dismantling of the Illegal Cell towers for  violation of Govt. Guide lines not  obtaining - necessary permissions like structural stability certificate, consent of Tenant Like Bank , residents welfare committee , importantly huge  loss of Govt.  - revenues.  In this way the service providers  all over the State & other parts of  Country doing such  illegal practice  with the help of huge powerful local touts, politicians , govt. staffs  & before the police stations as well .  Public  totally in dark !!!  Such  Huge corruption  by MNC cos. are doing in the name of  cell phone  ! who can stop ?

I will come back more with details what happened next :-

Cell tower what I saw

The  great support from many circles  inspired me to go into details & contacted local  Councillors, MLA  for the mushrooming of  cell towers in South Kolkata sky leasing in residential buildgs. it  is now a business of agents  & landlords/ Developers  of their personal income from Service providers whatever be the conditions of structures , I started writing to WBPCB , Mayor of Kolkata & Municipal commissioner Under RTI Act giving the locations of Illegal cell tower about their permissions status given by local bodies, the reply started to come , while giving  permission I gathered informations  from   KMC concerned officials like Exe. Engineer CPIO/RTI of  Buildg Dept. that a section of  engineers & staffs are involved in giving quick permissions by ignoring guide lines & structural stability certificate from land lord in exchange of good  cut money, viz - in  my neighborhood in south Kolkata consists of  5 schools, 2 hospitals , health clinics , dense residential populations  - 5 cell tower installed & exists already in low mounted  buildings. in an area of less than 1.5 sq.kilo.mtr .
Again  in 2009 - some time in feb- march- in an old 3-storied residential cum Bank building on Gariahat road - south, found in fine morning  a truck load of aluminium structural members  unloaded , which gradually  lifted to roof  , in my mind I thought this may be some thing for the use of Bank , it did not struck my mind that  a dangerous cell tower was going to install !! there are many adjacent 4 to 5 storied  buildings within a distance 8 to 15 mtrs.& it came up so soon, then one day CESC gave  connection & started to run the Tower , the  Cell Tower  base station was not displayed by any danger signboard by saying  " Danger RF Radiations, do not enter, restricted Area" which are mandatory as per guide lines of Govt. I have a small terrace garden by the site of this cell tower where I daily go to look after my  plants & flowers, since it  was installed I am scared living so close  to the towers afraid to go to my terrace,  'coz.antennas are fixed & looking towards my buildg.  the other neighbors are just observer , no protest made to the  landlord ,  I went to the  close by Schools  where Hd. mistress./ masters, students of morning section & day section all are aware of the harmful effects  of cell tower radition , but not able to protest in black & white  to  the govt. local bodies , like this way  time passed away.
 Again in 2010  in the same buildg. of Gariahat road south another const. started on its staircase roof  by extending old  columns  made 4 sides of its corners, heavy   beams (which load was not calculated or not foreseen 30 yrs. back) made 4 huge RCC padestal  on top of its beams for  4 - huge  Alu. structures Post to come up for another cell tower 18 mtr. High  from Roof level, similar way another tower  came up on the same roof within  fortnight  , power connection  given by CESC & it started to run like the previous one , so the emision of radiation became double , it is happening just before my house of 4 - storied building .
Then  having no option, I thought I must do something in the form of mass protest in democratic way by mass signature campaign from my immediate neighbors , I went then house to house, met people & explained its harmful effects , schools to schools, hospitals,  health clinics ,  residents to  flat owners , got massive support from all , I then handed over  a copy to near by I/C of  Police Station , local councillor , local MLA , MP , made RTI to  WBPCB , Hon'ble Mayor of KMC  , Municipal Commissoiner  , Exe. Engr. KMC Buldg. Deptt. Br. X of ward - 92  for necessary enquiry of such illegal cell Tower , I met personally  mayor of kolkata  in his office & handed over  the  mass petition , while discussing  I gathered that  the Hon'ble Mayor is not much  aware of the health Hazards from Cell phone towers ! & he has been kept  dark  from its illegal   activities by Director General, Buildg. dept. of KMC .
More will be  published   next !