CAUSE OF RADIOFREQUENCC

Y Radiation

By GAURAV SIL

Across the globe, nearly 5 billion people use mobile phones. The mobile phones use the microwave region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum to operate. Recent studies have proven that long-term heavy usage of cell phone is carcinogenic. The effect of its radiation on the health of humans has become a subject of research in very recent times because of massive increases in the usage of mobile phones throughout the world.

The man made Electromagnetic Smog has reached such a level that the RF Radiations have started having ill effects on human health, health of animals, functioning of normal household, medical investigatory equipments and even on food products being consumed by everybody. Thus, the phenomenon is like pollution. So far as we have recognized Water pollution, Air pollution, Noise pollution and now we have to recognize the fact of so called Non-Ionizing EMR Pollution (or RF Radiation Pollution) as a fact of life. Similar actions are required to be taken by concerned governance to control Radiation Pollution so that life becomes healthy.

Cell Phones and Cancer Risk

Cell phones emit radiofrequency energy, a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, which can be absorbed by tissues closest to where the phone is held.

The amount of radiofrequency energy a cell phone user is exposed to depends on the technology of the phone, the distance between the phone’s antenna and the user, the extent and type of use, and the user’s distance from cell phone towers.

Studies thus far have not shown a consistent link between cell phone use and cancers of the brain, nerves, or other tissues of the head or neck. More research is needed because cell phone technology and how people use cell phones have been changing rapidly.

On the scale of International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization has classified cell phone radiation as possibly carcinogenic. There are several other health risks which include infertility, hypersensitivity, increase in stress levels in a person, neurological, respiratory, heart, eye problems and tumours in the brain and head, to name a few.

Health Risk Due To Radiofrequency

Endangered Birds In India Due To

Radiofrequency

Indian Bush Lark

Risk to Pre Adolescent Children

They are more at risk than adults (12) because of absorption of Microwaves of the frequency used in Mobile Telephony, which creates an object of the size of child’s head and so called “head resonance” (13). The still developing Nervous System and associated Brain Wave activity in the child are more vulnerable to aggression by pulses of Microwaves used in GSM. The increased mitotic activity in cells of developing children makes them more susceptible to genetic damage.

Risk to Pregnant Women 

A pregnant woman and the fetus both are vulnerable because of the fact that these RF Radiations continuously react with the developing embryo, increasing cells, because of thermal heat also. When the pregnant ladies either use Mobile Phone or when illuminated with RF Radiations, the developing child can become affected, the developmental mall formation may occur.

 The World Health Organization (WHO) has given a safety range of 1-10 microwatt/ m2

as the emission level. Many places in

India have radiation emission as high as

7000 microwatt/m2.

Supreme Court move to regulate cell phone

radiation

The Supreme Court in India has now issued a notice to the ministry of telecommunication on a petition detailing health hazards caused by electromagnetic radiation from cell-phone towers.

 India has the worst cell phone tower radiation norms in the world

THANK YOU