Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rafhat Naeem Siddiqui Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 25/02/2025. Rafhat Naeem Siddiqui, resident of village Ajupura Rani, block and tehsil Nagina, district Bijnor has sent present letter petition which has been treated and registered as an original …
NEW DELHI: The CAG has slammed the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for delay in finalising safety standards for mobiles phones. "The fact remains that standards on important aspects i.e. mobile handsets, radiation from mobile phones, etc. had not been formulated so far," the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said …
This report contains the results of performance audit of the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Dental Council of India as well as the academic activities of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
Melbourne: A new smartphone case, made up of same material as Nasa spacecraft, claims to reduce cellphone radiation and cancer risks as it cuts the exposure by up to 95%. Although it still remains unclear as to exactly how bad the problem of cellphone radiation is, the WHO has already …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has set a deadline of 10 days for the state government to formulate bylaws for governing the mobile phone towers. The court passed the order on Wednesday while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) over the health hazards due radiation of these towers. Within the …
Department of Telecommunications is quite conscious on the issues related to public health and the details as below are the steps that have been initiated by the department on Telecom. As on 1 st of September 2012, India will be one of the very few countries in the world who …
This report, the first annual Mobile Southeast Asia report produced by MobileMonday and released at the Communicasia 2012 conference, addresses the growing strength of mobile innovation practices in the region. The focus of the report is on the overall innovation ecosystem, which includes a range of stakeholders: industry, entrepreneurs, government, …
Letter to Mr. Jayanti Patil, Rural Development Minister, Maharashtra on health hazards from electro magnetic field radiations from mobile towers/antennae from Citizens Against Health Hazards from Mobile Towers.
Dode et al (2011) report an apparent increase in "accumulated incident rates" of cancer deaths in residents living within 500 m from a cellular base station. This report has provoked considerable discussion by the public and media, if not by health agencies themselves. This letter calls attention to major weaknesses …
Dode et al (2011) report an apparent increase in "accumulated incident rates" of cancer deaths in residents living within 500 m from a cellular base station. This report has provoked considerable discussion by the public and media, if not by health agencies themselves. This letter calls attention to major weaknesses …
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of WHO designates cell phones as "possible human carcinogen” [Class 2B] Found evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile phone
Radiation emitted from Cell Phones, Cell phone towers, Wi-Fi, TV and FM towers, microwave ovens, etc. are called Electromagnetic radiations (EMR). EMR causes significant health hazards (biological effects) on human, animals, birds, plants and environment.
Report on Workshop on “Testing and Compliance for EMF in the Mobile Industry” on Feb. 7, 2012 and International Health Conference on “Ensuring Public Health and Safety in the Mobile Industry” on Feb. 8, 2012 Organized by ASSOCHAM at New Delhi.
This study estimates the benefits that Indian farmers derive from market and weather information delivered to their mobile phones by a commercial service called Reuters Market Light (RML). We conduct a controlled randomized experiment in 100 villages of Maharashtra. Treated farmers associate RML information with a number of decisions they …
There is no clear evidence in the existing scientific literature that the use of mobile telephones poses a long-term public health hazard (although the possibility of a small risk cannot be ruled out).
The Telecom Ministry has rejected a proposal to ban setting up of mobile towers near schools and hospitals. The ban was suggested by an inter-ministerial committee which was looking into setting radiation limits for mobile phones and towers. But the Telecom Ministry has taken a view that banning or restricting …
Power frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) are generated in the production, transport, distribution and use of electricity. The frequency of alternating current and the resulting EMF is 50 hertz in Africa, most of Asia, Australia, Europe and part of South America and 60 hertz in the remainder of America, the Philippines, …
The radio frequency sources in India are the transmitting towers such as AM, FM radio towers, TV towers, Cell phone towers, etc. emit radio frequency/ microwave radiation continuously. The level of EMF from sources has risen exponentially, by soaring popularity of wireless technology such as cell phones, cordless phones, Wi-Fi …
Mobile is a rapidly growing and potentially major element of the future Internet, and its environment cannot be sensibly considered in isolation from fixed networks. A note on terminology: Europe uses the term Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) while the United States uses ‘wireless’ Internet Service Providers (ISPs). ‘Wireless’ is somewhat …
