Actress Juhi Chawla today sought removal of mobile towers installed on the government buildings in the city dubbing them as “potential health hazards” for the local residents. Talking to reporters, Juhi, who lives opposite the state government guest house, Sahyadri, in posh South Mumbai, said “local residents were facing health problems due to these towers”.…
Letter to Cape Times: 30 Sep 2011 I write on behalf of the EMRSA Neighbourhood Action Group in Constantia…. The reality which faces us all is that with the rapid uptake and deployment of wireless communication technology in the last few years, radiation exposure levels have incresaed exponentially. Society now has a host of innovations,…
Two schoolboys at St John’s College in Joburg investigated health risks associated with cellphone towers located at their own school and two others. On the basis of their findings, the school’s lease with the cellphone provider was terminated. The school’s learners, staff and parents now acknowledge radiation exposure health risks within 300m of cellphone masts.…
In June 2011, Peterborough in Canada re-examined policy regarding the placement of cellphone towers in the city. According to Dr Havas, an associate professor at Trent University who has done research on the health effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy, “the city’s policy of discouraging cellphone towers from being built within 120 metres of residential areas…
Abstract: Apiculture has developed in to an important industry in India as honey and beewax have become common products. Recently a sharp decline in population of honey bees has been observed in Kerala. Although the bees are susceptible to diseases and attacked by natural enemies like wasps, ants and wax moth, constant vigilance on the…
Abstract: The siting of cellular phone base stations and other cellular infrastructure such as roof-mounted antenna arrays, especially in residential neighborhoods, is a contentious subject in land-use regulation. Local resistance from nearby residents and landowners is often based on fears of adverse health effects despite reassurances from telecommunications service providers that international exposure standards will…
Human populations are increasingly exposed to microwave/radiofrequency (RF) emissions from wireless communication technology, including mobile phones and their base stations. By searching PubMed, we identified a total of 10 epidemiological studies that assessed for putative health effects of mobile phone base stations. Seven of these studies explored the association between base station proximity and neurobehavioral…
Translated from a Spanish newspaper: Fear of cancer, fear of death, and the daily fear of finding another case among the pupils. Every morning, the fear of disease that might affect the person next to you because of the phone mast that has still not been removed … Two children ill, one dead and more…
Spain, Brenes (2010-01)As translated from a Spanish news article: Fear of cancer, fear of death, and the daily fear of finding another case among the pupils. Every morning, the fear of disease that might affect the person next to you because of the phone mast that has still not been removed … Two children ill,…
On 7 Aug 2009, an iBurst broadband tower was erected outside the Fourways Memorial Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Shortly after the tower was activated, the residents of Craigavon started experiencing headaches, nausea, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), disrupted sleep patterns, unexplained rashes, memory loss, gastric disturbances, fatigue and high blood pressure. These symptoms are…