HEALTH HAZARDS
* Feared to trigger various cancers.Scientists feel radiation from mobile towersphone affect the melatonin levels in the body,increasing the risk of cancer.Melatonin is a chemical that go through body and clears up cells of free radicals
* Increase risk of Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease,as radiation damage the blood-brain barrier,harming brain cells
* Feared to cause DNA damage/ mutation
* Leads to impotency
* Increase fatigue,sleeplessness,restlessness
* Cause various skin diseases
AS PER ICNIRP GUIDELINES
* Radiation emitted from mobile tower antenna should necessarily be less than 600 mW/m2
* In India,antennae having capacity of 7260 mW/m2,have been found to be installed
* The N K Ganguly Commission of ICMR,New Delhi,in its report submitted to the Union health ministry in 2006 observed that generally,the height of a mobile tower is 36m.Hence people on road would not suffer from radiation.But people closer than 36m from antennae may suffer from radiation
WHAT CELL TOWER OPERATORS SAY
* Radio waves are non-ionising radiations
* Only dangerous if you stand directly in front of antennae.All other angles are safe
* No harm below the antenna
* TV/ mobile phone have more harmful radiations than those emitted from mobile tower antenna
* People are becoming unnecessarily hyper
PAST STUDIES
* A study in Austria observed that the erection of mobile telephone base stations areas can have possible health effects caused by emitted microwaves.Cognitive tests were performed,and wellbeing and sleep quality were assessed.Average power density was slightly higher in the rural area (0.05 mW/m2) than in the urban area (0.02 mW/m2).There was a significant relation of some symptoms to measured power density;this was the highest for headaches
* A Finnish study concluded that the time spent using mobile phones lead to inactivity.Increasing use of information and communication technology may be related to the obesity epidemic among adolescents