Radiations emitted by mobile phones and towers do not cause any health hazard, experts said here Thursday.
Myths without any reasonable scientific basis have been floated by
people with vested business interests that electromagnetic field
emissions (EMF) cause health hazard, they said.
Rigorous and
independent scientific studies across the globe have been carried out to
dispel the fear of health hazard from mobile tower antenna and phones.Experts
were speaking at a panel discussion on "Mobile network and public
health" organised by the COAI, a leading mobile communications
association.
They stressed that people, who believe that
radiations are really harmful, are not fully aware and should understand
this perception clearly.
"Ionising radiation causes damages to
the molecules - they break the chemical bonds and can cause health
hazards. But non-ionising radiation from mobile tower and antenna do not
cause the breakage of bonds and do not cause damage to the molecules,"
said R.V. Hosur, senior professor, Chemical Science, Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research.
"A number research and studies have been conducted around the globe to
ascertain if there is any relationship between the radiation emission
from the mobile phone and cancer. However there is no enough evidence
providing mobile phones causes cancer in humans," he added.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), over six billion people use mobile phones to communicate with one another.
"The radiation waves used in the mobile phones technology are probably at the lowest end of the electromagnetic spectrum and do not cause any health hazard," said Rakesh Jalali, Radiation Oncologist at Tata Medical Centre...
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