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Indians For Safe Environments
c/ Prakash Munshi , Raj Niketan, B G
Kher Marg , Mumbai 400006
Tel : 022 23685256
PRESS NOTE: “INDIANS FOR SAFE ENVIRONMENTS
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012
ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELD
RADIATION STANDARD REDUCED FROM
4500 MILLIWATTS / SQUARE METER TO 450
MILLIWATTS / SQUARE METER AND NOT THE EMF RADIATION .
We would like to inform at the outset that
we are not against the Mobile Phones or Mobile Towers or Service Providers but
we are definitely against the Health Hazards due EMF radiations from Mobile
Towers Antennae.
Our Honourable Minister of State Shri
Milind Deora has said last year “ We wouldn’t want that 20 years down the line
we have an entire population of young children, young adults , old suffering
from serious health effects due to our negligence, our inaction , or our
inaction.” We share his concern which is a mirror feeling of all concerned
citizens of India.
There will be NO CHANGE in
the EMF Radiation levels in the country from September 1, 2012 because the
present radiation levels recorded before the new norms are implemented are much
lower than the revised norm of 450 milliwatts per square meter.
In our Meeting of May 1, 2012 with the
Ministry Of C & IT Officials we were informed by all that they accepted the
Health Hazards due EMF Radiation from Mobile Towers Antennae.
We had also asked the committee members to
advise us the highest EMF Radiation level recorded by TERM. We were told it
was below 100 milliwatts per square meter which is in
concurrence with the readings measured in Mumbai in presence of the Honble
Minister of State Shri Milind Deora at Haji Ali Cluster of Towers of 86
milliwatts per square meter in September 2011.
So it is a total eyewash if
any claim is made that the radiation levels will go down from September 1, 2012
because of Action taken by Cellular Operators of “ Relocating the Mobile Towers
, Antennas, and reducing the Transmitted Power in some Areas.” This
is misleading the Citizens of India.
The COAI should inform the Citizens of
India through the Press and Media :
How many Towers are installed in the
Country ?
1.How
many Towers have they taken corrective action as reported above in the Press?
2.How
many Towers of the installed Towers in the country were having EMF radiation
levels above 450 milliwatts per square meter?
A press Note quotes a COAI spokes person
saying “95% Mobile Towers already complying to the revised Norms”
1.Who
will monitor the Revised EMF Radiation Norm in lakhs of Mobile Tower Antennae
all over the country ?
We had asked the COAI for the maximum
levels of EMFR measured by them.
COAI have replied “Base Station
Transmitters use relatively low power and the EMF Surveys conducted in Public
Accessible Areas are several fold normally thousands of times below the limits
prescribed by International Standrads.”
They have not given any specific readings
in numerals for obvious reasons.
Have the Mobile Towers Antenna Power
Transmission been reduced ?
Which locations , how many Mobile Towers
Antennae all over the country have reduced Power Transmission and to what
levels / Who will monitor that the reduced Power Transmission and EMF Radiation
levels are maintained at desired levels?
We have also asked COAI to inform us the
Norms prevailing in countries NOT following ICNIRP norms of :
6.1 EMF radiation standard
6.2
Height at which Towers are set up
6.3 Distance at which Towers set up on
Schools , Hospitals and Residences
6.4 Power Transmitted by Towers
Antennas
Specifically – Austria, Luxembourg ,
Belgium , Canada , China , France ( Paris ), Germany , Italy , New
Zealand , Poland , Russia.
Why do many countries do not follow the
outdated ICNIRP norms of 4500 milliwatts per square meter ? Is there not a
Scientific Reason ? These countries care more for the Health of
their Citizens which in India is a Constitutional Right of the
Citizens of India.
We need 3G and 4G only if we are assured
that we will not be affected by Health Hazards and the Cellular Operators
will have to adopt latest technology and improve on their infrastructure with
investments .
The Government of India will have to
review the EMF Radiation norms , Rules and Regulations at regular intervals to
suit the Health Requirements of Indian Citizens, even to go down to Austrian
levels of 1 milliwatt / square meter.
The Government may consider having dual
standards – stricter norms for densely populated cities and not so strict for
Rural Areas with no dense population as done in some countries.
We have given the following
constructive Suggestions to the Ministry of C & IT
SUGGESTIONS
1.1 Reduction in Power
Transmission from Base Tower Stations / Antennae or Clusters to 2
Watts per installation Site. Cellular Operators will have to invest
more on Infrastructure and improved Technology with low power transmission and
use of low micro cell Transmitters With In- Built Solutions.
“One of the main reasons of frequest call
drops is that Operators do not want to invest in Infrastructure, which leads to
insufficient use of spectrum .” says
BK Syngal former CMD of Videsh Sanchar
Nigam Ltd (Source : Hindustan Times August 31, 2012 cover page)
1.2 Cellular Operators should follow
International Standards of Minimum height at which these Towers should be
installed.
There should be a Ban on installation of
Mobile Towers Antennae on top of Educational Institutions , Hospitals (
Jaslok Hospital and Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai for example )
1.3 Ban on installation of Clusters
of Antennae atop Buildings or on the Walls of Buildings where radiation
penetrates the Walls into the Class Rooms , Hospital Rooms and
Residences.
We have been informed by COAI that a
typical “ Cluster of 10 – 20 Antennae Can transmit upto 800 watts
combined Power output ! ( Assuming 5 operators of GSM each with 7 channels of
20 watts each and additionally 5 operators of 3G with 4 channels of 20 watts
each )”
Is such a Cluster existing in any
developed country ? Do we need to consume so much Power in a Power starving
country like ours. Policemen at Haji Ali Circle seek transfer of duty due to
ill health from EMF Radiation from the Cluster on top of Haji Ali Juice Center.
Another case besides the famous Usha Kiran
/ Vijay Apartments case is Prem Puri Ashram and Ader Bad on Hughes Road
Babulnath Corner. There are 4 recent Known cases of Cancer on the higher floors
of Ader Bad facing the Prem Puri
Ashram Mobile Towers Antennae fitted
like flowers in a Flower Pot in a haphazard way.
Why do we not see such clusters or
installations in European countries or in Australia , New Zealand or USA
? Why are we treated as a third world country where the International Cellular
Operators can do what they want ?
It is because there are no proper Rules
and Regulations for installation and there is no social responsibility
exhibited on the part of the Cellular operators as otherwise they would have
made installations as they would have done in the developed countries where
they operate.
1.4 There should be regulation on
the Distance the Towers / Antennae can be Installed from Educational
Institutions, Hospitals and Residences.
FEW QUESTIONS
Who will monitor the Actual Power
Transmitted by lakhs of Towers all over the country? Higher the Power
Transmission wider the coverage and higher risk of Health Hazards due Higher
EMF radiation.
We need a neutral Agency to monitor the
Standards . the Agency must have sufficient Manpower to monitor each tower site
randomly without announcement once every month or two months. The Agency must
have sufficient Finance and Equipment to measure the EMFR and Power Transmitted
by these Towers Antennae. TERM neither have the Manpower nor funds allotted for
necessary equipment. They have hired outside Agencies to measure EMFR at
various sites.
The Municipal Corporations are ineffective.
In a recent Press release we read that more than 50% of Mobile Towers in Mumbai
are illegally put up. Why no action is taken on these Buildings or Cellular
Operators ?
The cash rich Operators hire prominent
lawyers to obtain stay orders making it impossible for the Regulators to
perform their duties. We all know how slow our legal system is and when the
Stay Orders will be lifted .
The Citizens of India are fed up of the
inaction by the regulatory bodies be it the Central Government , State Government
or Municipalities. Why is there a State of Paralysis ?
It is only the Awareness Programs ,
Seminars , Lectures and Banners put up on the Streets arranged by Citizens and
the full support of the Media that has yielded the desired results in the last
few months in Jaipur , Delhi and Mumbai and all over the country.
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