Mobile radiation causes no health risk: WHO expert

[Mr.Kickass]

NEW DELHI: Mobile towers and mobile phone radiations have no health risks and do not cause cancer, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert said.

"WHO studies have already proven that mobile phones do not affect human health. Cancer or brain tumour apart, it doesn't cause even headaches or sleep disorder," said radiation expert Michael Repacholi, the first co-ordinator of WHO's radiation and environmental health unit.

Talking at the launch of the book "Mobile Phones and Public Health - Myth and Reality" here, Repacholi added: "A person absorbs five times more radio frequency (RF) from FM radio or television than the base station tower. Mobile tower radiation is lower compared to RF emissions from radio FM or television."

He also dismissed the views that mobile radiation levels higher than the prescribed limit can have ill effects on human health.

The book's editor Ravi VS Prasad said: "Scientific studies from all over the world failed to prove any adverse effects from use of mobile phones and towers. Their energy emissions are one-thousandth of the energy from sunlight, and so can't impact on health."

Prasad also highlighted that the Indian standards are ten times more stringent than the already strict international norms, which in turn are one- fiftieth of the level at which there can be any impact on health.

(Source)

Some comments,

"Cancer or brain tumour apart, it doesn't cause even headaches or sleep disorder". Most cancer sources do not cause headache (or any ache symptoms) or sleep disorder. It is a long term effect and the tumors, once there start causing aches and other symptoms. Telecom companies must have funded this research. Remember when asbestos was safe and cigarette smoke didn't affect a non-smoker ?

Hopefully, the Indian authorities will now permit mobile operators to transmit signals at full strength so that there are no call drops and related issues.

I don't know WHO did this, but it certainly doesn't seem right. Radiation IS harmful and cell tower radiation is no different. I do not want to investigate further but I think this report is misleading.

 

[Hrishi]

biology 101 : exposure to radiation cause changes.

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

good, some just got paid

 

[Anorion]

Knew this for years
Mobile tower has non ionic radiation (not the harmful kind)
If you live in a brick house or sleep next to someone, you get exposed to more radiation than cell phone towers

 

[bssunilreddy]

Knew this for years
Mobile tower has non ionic radiation (not the harmful kind)
If you live in a brick house or sleep next to someone, you get exposed to more radiation than cell phone towers

Then where have to we live, under a straw hut? These cell phone towers are the main cause of radiation.

 

[kg11sgbg]

good, some just got paid

+1 for this.
Any radiation for prolonged exposure is harmful for humans,animals,plants alike.

 

[Anorion]

A banana is more harmful than a phone. A human radiates more towards the phone.
*i.imgur.com/HyrTgYo.png

 

[Faun]

I eat banana erryday. OMG, going to die soon. Farewell TDF !

 

[D@rekills4]

Can't believe people are still stupid enough to think cell phone towers and cell phones give out enough radiation to damage them.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

biology 101 : exposure to radiation cause changes.

These cellphone waves don't fall under that spectrum

Has low level infrared ever damaged you? Micro waves and cellphone waves are even higher wavelength. As long as the intensity isn't high enough to actually cause you to absorb the energy (looking at true black bodies here), there is no sub-visible spectrum light that can cause irreversible damage to you.

good, some just got paid

To report the truth. I'm glad.

Then where have to we live, under a straw hut? These cell phone towers are the main cause of radiation.

Cellphone towers will not kill you...not even cause brain damage.

+1 for this.
Any radiation for prolonged exposure is harmful for humans,animals,plants alike.

Not at cellphone tower level intensities, no.

 

[rijinpk1]

if the number of bars which indicates the range is too low, and an incoming or call outgoing call make the phone to emit 1000 times higher radiation than usual which can be /should be dangerous to brain/health for sure.

 

[Anorion]

Another myth. Those bars indicate nothing.
Cell Phone Reception Bars Are Meaningless | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

 

[rijinpk1]

Another myth. Those bars indicate nothing.
Cell Phone Reception Bars Are Meaningless | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

6 tips for minimizing cell phone radiation – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

from one of the comments

another important point is that 90-95% of the time exposure from your phone is very low since cellular networks are spread out pretty good... BUT in the remaining 5-10% the exposure to radiation is high and could reach 500-1000 times the normal level.

for more information check out our website tawkon(dot)com

another one
*www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-126001/How-safe-mobile.html

Try not to obstruct the antenna, as this will cause the phone to power up.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

Another myth. Those bars indicate nothing.
Cell Phone Reception Bars Are Meaningless | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

You mean they don't indicate signal strength? I know that the accuracy is not high, but I'm pretty sure a 1 bar reading would mean a less than stellar performance- something I've experienced at home myself.

 

[bubusam13]

I always knew that.

 

[Anorion]

^my understanding is that the actual signal strength fluctuates too wildly and too fast to be a useful indicator. Like the signal could go from zero to five and back to one before the change can be shown on screen. Also, its a one way indicator from tower to phone, not from phone to tower, which again changes wildly. In short, its of no use, would be glad if someone can clear it up more properly with sources.

6 tips for minimizing cell phone radiation – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

There haven’t been enough long-term studies to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones is safe, but there was enough data to persuade the WHO of a possible connection to make them upgrade the category in May 2011.

Cell phones use non-ionizing radiation, which doesn’t damage DNA the way ionizing radiation does. The cell phone radiation operates more like very low power microwaves, but nobody really likes to think of leaning their face on a low-powered microwave.

If the WHO’s labeling of cell phone use as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” has you alarmed, here are some quick basic tips to limit your exposure.

proves my point?

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

am not worried about cellphone radiation! more concerned if there is a cellphone tower right on top of your house or the next! then you may have a problem.
however at night i avoid keeping cellphone too close.. for reasons such as..

don't want it ring loud right into my ears on call or alaram
heating issues if its charging all night! phone battery catching fire is a real danger!

 

[rijinpk1]

^my understanding is that the actual signal strength fluctuates too wildly and too fast to be a useful indicator. Like the signal could go from zero to five and back to one before the change can be shown on screen. Also, its a one way indicator from tower to phone, not from phone to tower, which again changes wildly. In short, its of no use, would be glad if someone can clear it up more properly with sources.

proves my point?

that could be past when there was less number of towers or so OR I dont know
this tells something

On its Web site, the FDA states that "the available scientific evidence does not demonstrate any adverse health effects associated with the use of mobile phones." However, that doesn't mean that the potential for harm doesn't exist. Radiation can damage human tissue if it is exposed to high levels of RF radiation, according to the FCC. RF radiation has the ability to heat human tissue, much like the way microwave ovens heat food. Damage to tissue can be caused by exposure to RF radiation because the body is not equipped to dissipate excessive amounts of heat. The eyes are particularly vulnerable due to the lack of blood flow in that area.

Source HowStuffWorks "How Cell-phone Radiation Works"

 

[Extreme Gamer]

^my understanding is that the actual signal strength fluctuates too wildly and too fast to be a useful indicator. Like the signal could go from zero to five and back to one before the change can be shown on screen. Also, its a one way indicator from tower to phone, not from phone to tower, which again changes wildly. In short, its of no use, would be glad if someone can clear it up more properly with sources.




proves my point?

The ultraviolet range is bad (UV rays or higher), though.

 

[kg11sgbg]

These cellphone waves don't fall under that spectrum

Has low level infrared ever damaged you? Micro waves and cellphone waves are even higher wavelength. As long as the intensity isn't high enough to actually cause you to absorb the energy (looking at true black bodies here), there is no sub-visible spectrum light that can cause irreversible damage to you.



To report the truth. I'm glad.



Cellphone towers will not kill you...not even cause brain damage.



Not at cellphone tower level intensities, no.

Cellphone/Mobile phone towers causes a great deal of damage to Plants and animals(particularly birds) according to scientific surveys and research.
Humans are not different and so not behind the damage scenario.

Source:
Cell Tower Radiation - emfblues.com

Radiation from cell phone towers linked to over 7,000 cancer deaths - National Healthy Living | Examiner.com

www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~mwave/GK-cell-tower-rad-report-DOT-Dec2010.pdf‎

Hope these are also reliable facts to the supporters of WHO news.