Developing website to show real-time mobile tower radiation: Department of Telecom
Press Trust of India, The Economic Times (India), Dec 15, 2014
KOCHI: The Department of Telecom is working on a website that will show real-time data of radiation being emitted from each mobile tower in the country and its exposure to people, a senior official said here.
"We are working on a web portal so that a person can see how much radiation he is exposed to," DoT Member (Technology) A K Bhargava said while speaking at an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) event.
"We are working on a web portal so that a person can see how much radiation he is exposed to," DoT Member (Technology) A K Bhargava said while speaking at an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) event.
Bhargava said the Department has started working with industry body Cellular Operators Association of India to develop the portal.
"It is in early stage. We are yet to see proof of concept for this project. Idea is that a person should be able see in real-time how much radiation a mobile tower in his proximity is emitting," Bhargava said.
UN body ITU also launched its first mobile application on cellular radiation to answer all queries and concerns of people.
UN body ITU also launched its first mobile application on cellular radiation to answer all queries and concerns of people.
"I am pleased to report that today we are launching a new product in this area, a mobile application providing an 'EMF Guide'.
"It offers an introduction to EMFs and their relationship with health, as well as various internationally agreed guidelines and standards designed to ensure safety in the use of mobile phones and other wireless technologies," ITU Director for Telecommunications Standardization Bureau, Malcolm Johnson said.
"It offers an introduction to EMFs and their relationship with health, as well as various internationally agreed guidelines and standards designed to ensure safety in the use of mobile phones and other wireless technologies," ITU Director for Telecommunications Standardization Bureau, Malcolm Johnson said.
Bhargava said the government has an ambitious target to spread broadband and mobile telephony and for this it is important to address concerns among public about mobile radiation.
India allows only 10 per cent of radiation level to be emitted from mobile towers as compared to international norms preferred in most of the countries.
India allows only 10 per cent of radiation level to be emitted from mobile towers as compared to international norms preferred in most of the countries.
Bhargava said DoT has decided to conduct an awareness campaign to remove perception of health hazard from mobile tower radiation as there is no scientific evidence to prove any ill-effect on health at levels permitted globally.
A World Health Organization study in 2011 had pointed out that there are possible health risks associated with electromagnetic fields which need to be properly considered and reported during the roll-out of mobile-wireless technologies if the electromagnetic radiations are beyond certain limits.
Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D., Director
Center for Family and Community Health
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Following protest from civil groups, India has reduced permissible level of radiation from mobile towers by 90 per cent as compared to radiation norms released by global body The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
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WHO’s mobile radiation report by 2020 only
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Deccan Chronicle, Dec 15, 2014
Kochi: There is no independent, reliable data on the safety of electromagnetic emissions from your mobile phone.
And if you insist on it, you would rather wait till 2020 when World Health Organisation (WHO) comes out with a report of the study it has been conducting all over the world now.
Representatives of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to GSMA to an epidemiologist, speakers at a panel discussion on the safety of mobile telephony, said no study was available to prove the impact of electromagnetic frequencies emitted by mobile phones or by the towers on human health.
Dr Rajesh Dixit, an epidemiologist with Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, said WHO was conducting a study on its impact and results were expected by 2020.
“It may not necessarily be carcinogenic but can have health risks,” he said, adding that users may take a measured approach on the use of mobile use.
Mr R K Arnold, member, TRAI, said the regulator would take a serious note of it if it was proved that the emissions could be hazardous to health.
At the same time, the nation’s development process demands that it increase connectivity, he said.
T R Dua, executive director, Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association, said India had the strictest emission norms.
However, scarcity of spectrum in India might have an impact on it, he pointed out. “Operators in most countries have a bandwidth of 40-50 MHz but in India, they get only 12 MHz, resulting in the intensity of emission to go up.”
IT principal secretary P H Kurian chaired the discussion, organised by the Cellular Operators Association of India.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who inaugurated the discussion via conference call, said that people did have doubts about the safety of emissions. “Some are genuine and some are not, and the industry must be able to clear them,” he said.
--Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D., Director
Center for Family and Community Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
Website: http://www.saferemr.com
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News Releases: http://pressroom.prlog.org/
Twitter: @berkeleyprc
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