Radiations From Mobile Towers Is It Harmful To You?

NEW DELHI: Radiation from mobile towers does not impact human health, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday citing a study by the World Health Organization involving 30,000 research samples since 1971.

" WHO findings, I found that there is no harmful impact of tower radiation on health. There is no reason to deny it. We have already put tenfold stringent norms for telecom companies in India," the minister said.

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He said that the government has stipulated a fine of Rs 10 lakh for violation and imposed a penalty of more than Rs 10 crore till now for exceeding the prescribed limit for radiation from telecom towers. Reiterating that complaints against call drops and mobile towers can't go hand in hand, the minister said that despite extensive research no scientific evidence has emerged to demonstrate health hazards due to telecom infrastructure. In at least six instances high courts have rejected such claims, he said.

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He also questioned the logic for growing grievances over telecom towers, asking why users in the US and China don't have similar complaints. The minister's views are in consonance with those of the telecom service operators and infrastructure companies that attribute their inability to expand tower infrastructure and thereby improve service quality mainly due to unfounded fears over radiation.