WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
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ENERGY SAVING light bulbs might be good for the environment but can cost you your health, for a new research has found that the compact fluorescent lights can emit levels of ultraviolet radiation sufficient to damage the skin. British government
SHILLONG: Uranium mining in the State still appears to be a distant reality with prominent NGOs either not favouring or undecided over the project even as the visiting Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) officials claimed "fruitful and productive talks" with the State Government and anti-mining bodies. After a meeting with …
A STAFF REPORTER Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality has lodged a police complaint against a mobile service provider for erecting a signal tower off VIP Road without its permission. The municipality said the unauthorised cellphone tower was exposing residents of the locality to harmful
COULD the mystery over how depleted uranium might cause genetic damage be closer to being solved? It may be, if a controversial claim by two researchers is right. They say that minute quantities of the material lodged in the body may kick out energetic electrons that mimic the effect of …
Since 1999, several articles have been published on genome-wide and/or proteomewide response after exposure to radiofrequency (RF) fields whose signal and intensities were similar to or typical of those of currently used mobile telephones. These studies were performed using powerful high-throughput screening techniques (HTSTs) of transcriptomics and/or proteomics, which allow …
Mobile phone industry thwarts radiation guidelines India has adopted the limits on electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones and base stations set by the International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (icnirp), but still not adopted guidelines for regulation. According to an official in the Department of Telecommunications, the delay is because …
Tower Power density is power per unit area. ICNIRP guidelines set density limits for occupational exposure and the public. For the public using GSM mobiles the limit has been kept at 4.5 W/sq m for 900 MHz and 9 W/sq m for 1,800 MHz. For CDMA phones it is 4W/sq …
Mobile phones, like radios, rely on radio frequencies to communicate. They operate at 800, 900 and 1,800 MHz, which are also referred to as microwaves. In the electromagnetic spectrum they fall between radiowaves and infrared rays. Mobile phones
PITTSBURGH: The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff on Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. The warning from Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies …
The capability of benzophenone-3 (BP-3) to absorb and dissipate ultraviolet radiation facilitates its use as a sunscreen agent. BP-3 has other uses in many consumer products (e.g., as fragrance and flavor enhancer, photoinitiator, ultraviolet curing agent, polymerization inhibitor). The researchers wanted to assess exposure to BP-3 in a representative sample …
Favouring the removal of mobile phone towers from residential areas due to emission of radiation, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today said that it was the responsibility of the municipality to remove them. Speaking on the sidelines of a function here, she said, "We are aware that mobile phone towers …
Germany's main radiation laboratory has concluded that mobile phones are safe and pose no cancer risk to users, according to a near-ly-10-year-long study obtained on June 15 by Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. No evidence The survey by the Federal Radiation Protection Bureau found no evidence whatever that cellphones, cordless phones or …
Sandeep Joshi Concerned over "misinformation' being spread Increase level of understanding on mobile phone technology: COAI Cellular operators quote research by global organisations The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has expressed concern over the "misinformation' being spread among the general public regarding health-related concerns due to electromagnetic radiation generated …
The government has decided to implement a set of international guidelines to reduce the risk of using mobile phones. Catching up with several developed and developing countries, India will adopt the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines. The guidelines lay down the maximum level of radiation that telecom …
Sandeep Joshi Draft guidelines report says children are likely to be more affected by use of mobile phones NEW DELHI: Electromagnetic radiation from base station antennas of mobile networks and mobiles phones could pose serious health hazards to people, particularly children below 16 years, pregnant women and those using medical …
Health Ministry Orders India's First Major Study To Find Out In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now …
School and hospital premises would soon be out of bounds for mobile phone towers, the installation of which would now be governed according to international norms. The Government has adopted a new set of guidelines for limiting the exposure of human beings to electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile phones and …
