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DoT holds awareness programme on EMF
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Saturday conducted a public outreach and awareness programme on Electromagnetic Field (EMF) emissions and mobile towers in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Saturday conducted a public outreach and awareness programme on Electromagnetic Field (EMF) emissions and mobile towers in Hyderabad.
This is part of a nationwide public outreach campaign to dispel myths about EMF Emissions and quell unfounded fears of citizens through scientific evidence. Gouri Sankar, Deputy Director General (Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring Cell), Hyderabad, delivered the inaugural address and highlighted the importance of mobile connectivity across the State and emphasised on the need to cultivate a scientific temper and deepening collaboration between the public, the government and industry for growth and progress of Hyderabad.
Allaying fears of radiation, he said the EMF norms here are much stricter than what is followed by many developed nations. Further, the Government of India has taken adequate steps to ensure that Telecommunications Service Providers strictly adhere to these prescribed norms, he said.
Gouri Sankar pointed out that WHO has referred to approximately 25,000 studies, conducted around the world over the past 30 years, and based on an in-depth review of scientific literature, has concluded: “Despite the feeling of some people that more research needs to be done, scientific knowledge in this area is now more extensive than most chemicals. Current evidence did not confirm the existence of any health consequences from exposure to low level electromagnetic fields."
M.Nagesh Rao, Director (TERM-DoT), Hyderabad, said there is no scientific evidence backing the claim that EMF radiation from mobile towers, which are below the safe limits prescribed by the International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), can cause adverse health effects.
He said that the the DoT has already prescribed strict precautionary norms for exposure limit for the Radio Frequency Field (Base Station Emissions) which is ten times more stringent than the existing limits prescribed by ICNIRP and recommended by World Health Organisation.
Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Founder, Grace Cancer Foundation, GHMC west zone commissioner Gangadhara Reddy, senior officers from the Centre, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State, eminent persons and public representatives were also present at the programme.
