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IIT Bombay professor Girish Kumar has developed products that help block mobile phone tower radiation

Do your family members feel nauseated or irritated at the simplest events? Is your child unable to concentrate on his/her studies? Is your home near a mobile phone tower? May be, it’s time to get your house inspected for radiation levels and replace your cotton curtains with options that could block radiation.

Prof Girish Kumar, professor, IIT Bombay, and his team of expert researchers have created three products — shielding curtain, film and wallpaper — that blocks more than 95 per cent of the radiation coming out of mobile phone towers.

“The curtains and wall paper can effectively block 99 per cent of the radiation,” says Professor Kumar, adding, “And it is necessary for those living close to a mobile phone tower.” The professor had faced health problems in 2001 — the cause of which, he says, was continuous exposure to mobile tower radiation.

“I started my research at the IIT campus and found people living in nearby areas facing similar and some even graver problems — cases of miscarriage, infertility and cancer. I have been creating awareness about the same for the past four-five years,” he reveals.

The professor made many appeals, wrote white papers, and conducted surveys to highlight the problem, met various departments and politicos, but he could motivate the Government of India to bring down the radiation level to 450 from 4,500 milliWatt (mW) per square metre.

“This is still way above the safe level of 0.1, but I guess, something is better than nothing,” he explains. Even the Bioinitiative 2012, a global study prepared by 29 scientists from 10 countries including India, and released last week, claims the safe level to be 0.5 milliWatt per square metre. The current levels are still 900 times higher than safe levels.

The products were tested at the Antenna Lab at IIT Bombay and are marketed by Nesa Global, a company run by Prof Kumar’s daughter Neha Kumar. The company offers inspection, installation and post-installation services.

At NESA Radiation Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Dreams Mall, LBS Road, Bhandup (W). Call 21663355

Mobile tower radiation level in India 900 times higher: Study

Latest Report: Bioinitiaitve Report 2012 published by 29 independent scientists and health experts from 10 countries after going through 1,800 papers reports even stronger evidence that continuous exposure from base station-level exposure increases risk of neurological disorders, behaviour and stress related problems, miscarriages and cancer, among other things.

HINDUSTAN TIMES: MUMBAI - Page 1, 07 - JAN - 2013

India’s permissible limit for radiation levels from mobile phone towers is 900 times higher than the safe limit of 0.5 milliwatts per square metre, suggests a global report on health risks from exposure to wireless technology radiation, which was released on Sunday.

Radiation affects health: global report

Bioinitiative 2012 report is brought out by 29 independent scientists and health experts from across 10 countries, including India, Sweden, Italy, US and Russia. This is the second edition of the report, which was first published in 2007.

On September 1, India lowered its radiation emission limits for mobile phone towers to 450 milliwatts/sq m from 4,500, but as per the report, the levels are still too high. At least five new studies have detected biological effects when radiation level touches between 0.03 and 0.5 milliwatts/sq m, the report states. “Researchers report headaches, concentration and behavioural problems in children; sleep disturbances, headaches and concentration issues in adults.”

The report said most safety standards are too high to protect even healthy populations.

“The radiation may have adverse effect on fertility and reproduction,” said Professor Jitendra Behari from School of Environmental Sciences, Jawa-harlal Nehru University, Delhi, who participated in the initiative.

Radiation affects health: global report - Hindustan Times

Nesa Radiation Solutions Pvt. Ltd. selected as 'Start Up of the Week' by E-Cell, IIT Bombay

Radiation Stories from Indore

Victims and Sufferers from Indore living near Mobile Towers where radiation levels were found to be high. Coverage in Patrika - Indore

Awareness on Mobile Tower radiation in BARWANI (M.P)

National Conference on Harmful Effects of Mobile Phone Radiations on The Health of Human Beings, September 14-15, 2012 Organized by Department of Physics, Shaheed Bheema Nayak, Givernment Post Graduate College, BARWANI (M.P)

Coverage Appeared in Dainik Bhaskar, Patrika, Raj Express and NaiDuniya.

Our two day visit at Barwani in Madhya Pradesh was definitely a trip to remember. Loved the natural beauty of the place and innocence in people. Enjoyed Narmada River, Bawangaja - famous Jain pilgrim center and world's tallest statue carved out of mountain - 84 feet high and a small village Bandhan with a beautiful waterfall and young kids jumping into the water and playing.

At Bawangaja

At Bandhan Village

India reduces norm to 1/10th of ICNIRP. A good international achievement but is Industry reducing power transmission by 10 times??

Live: NewsX - 1 Sept 2012 India reduces norm to 1/10th of ICNIRP. A good international achievement but is Industry reducing power transmission by 10 times??

Hear from Mr. Sudhir Kasliwal from Jaipur, Dr. Sameer Kaul (Oncologist) from Delhi, Neha Kumar and Advocate from Jaipur

New mobile radiation norms from Sept 1 - An Eyewash

The recent article - New mobile radiation norms from Sept 1 - in Times of India - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/New-mobile-radiation-norms-from-Sept-1/articleshow/15499480.cms dated Aug 15, 2012 is not enough from health point of view and is only an eyewash. Please read below:

Cell Tower Radiation Tranquilizers: Times of India - Aug 5, 2012, Page 22

Transmission Tranquilizers: Times of India - Aug 5, 2012, Page 22 A similar protection against radiation from towers is offered by Mumbai-based NESA Radiation Solutions.Among the products in its portfolio are radiation detectors as well as shielding films and curtains which can be put inside buildings close to towers."The electronic components in the shielding films can convert microwave energy into heat energy and then dissipate it.They have been found to have 90-95 % effectiveness," says the companys director, Neha Kumar.

Almost 50% of mobile phone towers in Mumbai are illegal

Hindustan Times: Mumbai, July 27, 2012 Of the 3,705 mobile phone towers across the city that can jeopardise your health and life, 1,830 — that’s roughly half of them — are illegal, says the civic body. But the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which discovered this fact last June when it conducted a survey of mobile phone towers, has done nothing for the past 13 months to remove the illegal ones.

So far, officials have taken action against only 140 illegal towers.

As reported in HT’s July 15 edition, it’s common for people living close to mobile towers to experience the side-effects of radiation, such as headaches, joint pains, disturbed vision, itchiness, anxiety, lack of concentration, sleep disturbances and fatigue, among other symptoms; cancer happens in extreme cases.

Civic officials said they cannot do anything against the illegal towers as a writ petition filed by mobile tower operators is pending in Bombay high court. “The court has directed us to maintain status quo, so we cannot take action,” said CL Undage, assistant engineer, building and proposals department, BMC.

Experts said the BMC should at least work towards controlling radiation levels and reducing the health risk, if it cannot remove these mobile phone towers. “To avoid having to make the big investment needed to install more towers, mobile tower owners increase the radiation level of the existing towers. The high level of radiation affects the health of people living in the vicinity,” said Professor Girish Kumar, department of electrical engineering, IIT Bombay.

In January 2011, an inter-ministerial committee report recommended that radiation exposure be reduced to 450 mw/sq m, but the suggestion has not yet been implemented.

“The solution is to reduce the radiations levels and install towers only on the tallest building in a locality, which has no buildings of similar height around it,” said Kumar.

Vinod Shah, a resident of Carmichael Road in D-ward, which has the second highest number of mobile phone towers in the city – 303, of which 141 are illegal – said the BMC should contest the issue in court.

“The BMC should bring the health hazards owing to radiation to the notice of the high court,” he said.

Shah said the towers have affected the health of many people in D-ward, which includes Malabar Hill, Kemp’s Corner and Grant Road. “The radiation levels are very high even when measured 200 to 300 meters away from the site. Residents have health issues all the time,” he said.

Shah, who lives at Ajanta Apartments, added, “We have had two fatal cases of cancer in our building since these towers have been erected.”

The K-west ward, which includes Andheri (West) and Oshiwara, have the highest number of mobile phone towers at 323, of which more than 50% - 198 — are unauthorised.

Almost 50% of mobile phone towers in Mumbai are illegal - Hindustan Times

Towering Heights: Pros and Cons

by Neha Kumar Article in Elektor India - August Issue 2012- Microcontroller Special Issue - Pg 54 Towering Heights: Pros and Cons

High Court to Govt: Ban on mobile phone towers within 50 metre of schools, hospitals and residential localities

Jul 23, 201 - Times of India Delhi HC issues notice to govt over mobile towers

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court Monday issued notices to central and Delhi governments on a plea to ban high-frequency mobile phone towers in residential areas as its radiation causes health hazards. Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought response from the Department of Telecommunication, the Chief Secretary of the Delhi government and a leading mobile service provider by Jan 14, 2013. The court's direction came on a plea of Ramnath Garg seeking imposition of ban on installation of high frequency mobile phone towers within 50 metre of schools, hospitals and residential localities. The petition said: "Respondents to be directed to stop the radio frequency waves emitted from cell phone towers causing radiation in the schools, hospitals and residential localities, in which the towers be not allowed to be installed in 50 metres of the places." "The radiation from the cell phone towers causes different type of swelling in the brain, head, hearing disorder, headache and anxiety neurosis... but no action is taken for the safety of the persons living around the towers," the petition further said. Garg also sought directions to the Department of Telecom, private operators and the state government to take steps to reduce exposure to radiation. The petition asked the court to enforce guidelines prepared by a committee formed in 2010 to study health hazards from cell phone towers. Garg also claimed compensation of Rs 50 lakh, saying that his 30-year-old son died of cancer caused by radiation from a mobile tower on the roof of his house. He said the common man is being misled by the cell phone companies and even the civic authorities. "The amount to be given for the negligence of the respondents causing death to his son," said the petition. Garg claimed that local state government officials approached him in 2009 with a proposal to install a tower on the roof of his house in Surajmal Vihar. Though he urged the officials not to erect a very high frequency tower, they misled him, said the petition. As per the petition, all his family members gained weight over one year, but with time they faced sleeping difficulties, digestion problems and their health began to deteriorate. Then a doctor advised him to get the tower removed from his house, suspecting it might be responsible for their health problems, the petition added.

Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachan on Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards

Video screened at Workshop on Cell Tower/Cell Phone Radiation Hazards and Solutions organized by Prof. Girish Kumar at IIT Bombay on 9th July 2012

Snapshots of: Shahrukh Khan and Kajol from the movie - My Name is Khan

Amitabh Bachan, Farah Ali Khan, Pritish Nandy and Shekhar Kapoor share their views on Twitter and Blogger

Amitabh Bachan - KBC chat on sparrow decline due to excessive radiation from mobile towers.

Workshop Website: http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~mwave/workshop2 Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Celltowerradiation

ICNIRP Guideline - averaged over 6min exposure! Then why adopted for 24*7?

The Industry and Government bodies like TERM Cell have consistently been stating that they are within "International Standards" for Cell Tower Radiation and, hence are completely safe. Let us have a closer look at what these "standards" are:

1) ICNIRP 1998 - stands for International Commission on Non- Ionizing Radiation Protection. These guideline are averaged over only 6 minutes exposure, however the Indian Government has adopted it for 24*7 exposure:

2) Several other countries have adopted much lower values. Please have a look at: http://neha-wilcom.blogspot.in/2012/04/mobile-tower-radiation-hazards.html for standards adopted by different countries.

The question is - Why do each of these countries have different standards ranging from several hundred to thousand times in magnitude?

3) The maximum value measured by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) was 100 times lower than the ICNIRP guideline. In that case why do they have an apprehension in reducing the guideline by 10 times (which has been proposed since Feb 2011)

Even if government adopts 1/10th of ICNIRP, the industry will be within norm and does not have to reduce the power transmission

4 Why does Blackberry manual carry warning messages "keep the device 0.98 inches away from your body?" http://neha-wilcom.blogspot.in/2011/06/in-cell-phone-manufacturers-own-words.html

5) Why do we see warning signals on mobile towers " CAUTION: Non Ionizing Radiation" when the industry has been saying non-ionizing radiation is completely safe.

These are just some of the points. For more information you can read: http://www.scribd.com/doc/93413060

Prof. Girish Kumars open challenge - Stand in front of your towers for 10 days!

29 June 2012 - Rajasthan Patrika

Prof. Girish Kumar gives open challenge - Stand in front of your towers at ICNIRP guideline for 10 days! If nothing happens, he will never speak on Cell Tower Radiation Hazards.

http://epaper.patrika.com/44685/Rajasthan-Patrika-Jaipur/29-06-2012#page/2/1

The main point here is - Indian government has adopted a very high standards for radiation from Cell Towers - ICNIRP 1998 - which is averaged over only 6min/day exposure, however we have adopted it for 24*7! Also, assuming ICNIRP guideline is safe, if you take the cumulative power and compare with the power of a microwave over, it implies that it is safe to keep a human body in microwave oven for 19min/day and then safe you are safe. The issue is why adopt such high standards?? Industry is within this norm however still several thousand times higher from health point of view. Please go through: http://www.scribd.com/doc/98808287/ICNIRP-Guideline-averaged-over-6min-exposure-Why-adopted-for-24-7

The challenge was given more than 1.5 years ago. Till date no Industry or Government rep has excepted it!

Jaipur: Mobile Towers causing Cancer!

MAY 23, 2012 - MEDIA ACTION GROUP Mobile Towers cause cancer in the people who live in the regions nearby….The fact doesn’t remain a hyperbolic statement and is very much proved. Several cases in Surya Nagar Colony and other areas of the Pink City are enough to prove the relation between mobile towers and occurrence of cancer disease. The case studies say that the mobile companies have been proved merely boastful which used to say that no connection exists between cancer occurrence and mobile towers.

http://www.mediaactiongroup.in/?p=3740

Rajasthan High Court directs State Govt to check Mobile Tower Radiation

4 June 2012 A writ petition in the Rajasthan HC has left the Gehlot government in the state dialing the Centre for help. Acting on a complaint against alleged deadly radiation emanating from cellular towers, the Rajasthan HC has directed the state government to conduct spot emission checks and ensure that cellular tower operators adhere to prescribed emission norms. The direction came after the High Court rejected the radiation emission report prepared by the Department of Telecom, in the capital.

Mumbaiites get their own radiation shields

Hindustan Times - Mumbai, June 24, 2012 The full-length windows in Narendra Doshi’s Mulund (West) flat are covered with a dark film that has electronic chips attached to the side. The film is meant to protect the Doshis from radiation from the 3 mobile phone antennae on the building wall. Doshi is among a growing number of Mumbaiites protecting themselves from such radiation. While there is conflicting research on the harmful effect of such radiation, housing societies can earn up to Rs. 1 lakh a month in rent from mobile phone firms to allow signal boosting towers and antennae on their buildings. Doshi, a financial consultant, started researching the harmful effects of radiation after his daughter-in-law delivered a premature baby. In April, a private firm found the radiation levels in his house to be 70 milliwatt/metre square. Though this was below the permissible limit in India (4,500 milliwatt/metre square), the international standard is 1 milliwatt/metre square. “We do not have any proof the tower is a health hazard. But we cannot wait for health problems to take precautions,” said Doshi’s neighbour, Biju Sumugan. “People contact us when they start getting headaches or sleep disorders,” said Neha Kumar, director, NESA Radiation Solutions, which has installed such films in about 20 city homes. “The shield reduces 99% of the radiation,” claimed Kumar’s father, Girish Kumar, a professor at IIT-B. Mumbaiites get their own radiation shields - Hindustan Times

Jaipur - Mobile Tower Radiation - Cancer and illness - Three different societies protest

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12th May 2012:  THREE DEAD FROM CANCER - "Is it time to go to Aamir Khan for a solution?"

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12th May 2012:  Shalimar Bagh - Several cancer cases and illness

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13th May 2012:  
Protest against mobile towers in three different places.

Rajapark colony, Neerman Nagar, Malviya Nagar: People face severe health problems (cancer, headaches, loss of sleep, fatigue, dizziness, tiredness, miscarriages) and protest to remove cell towers

Radiation levels were measured and found to be in danger and caution zones in most places

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13th May 2012:
SIX Died from cancer and TEN people fighting with cancer. Miscarriage and other cases reported too in Mohalla Kayamkhaniyan, Jaipur

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13th May 2012:
Mohalla Kayamkhaniyan - SIX Died from cancer and TEN people fighting with cancer. Miscarriage and other cases reported too.

Harmada Colony - FIVE people suffering from severe illness (cancer and severe headache and fatigue cases)

Rajapark - ONE women suffering from cancer and illness in EVERY house (severe headaches, loss of sleep, fatigue, dizziness, tiredness)

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Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards and Solutions Proposed to Government - May 2012.

Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards and Solutions Proposed to Government.

Following presentation was made to Shri Milind Deora, honorable Minister of State for IT and Communication and Department of Telecommunications (DOT), India on 1 May 2012 in Delhi

Prof. Girish Kumar from IIT Bombay has written down some simple solutions to reduce radiation hazard from cell phones.

Step 1 - Convince the operators to reduce the transmitted power from current 20W/carrier to max. 1 to 2 W especially in the dense urban area.

It is very simple to implement - all they have to do is to remove the power amplifier or reduce the gain of the amplifier.

Lots of other benefits of reducing the power - cooling of the amplifier will not be required, then it may not require Air conditioner. Total power requirement will be reduced, so Diesel Generator is not required and solar panel can meet this requirement. Operators can claim carbon
credit and it truely leads to Green Telecom. You can see the attached TRAI-Green-Telecom-openho use-GKreport.pdf

Disadvantage of reducing the power - range will reduce. So people living at larger distance may have signal problem initially.
Operators have to install more number of towers or they can provide low power repeaters/boosters/signal enhancers, which will cost them more money.

Step 2 - Radiation measurements have to be done at residences, offices,schools, hospitals. If the power density level is still high (i.e,more than 0.1 to 1 milliwatts/sq.m after reduction of the transmitted power, then either towers have to be relocated or height of the towers has to be increased or direction of the antenna has to be hanged. Again, any of these steps will require additional investment.

People have to decide
1. Health versus wealth.
2. Good cell phone connectivity at the expense of health of people living near cell tower or somewhat poor connectivity for the people living at larger distance from the tower.


Mobile Tower Radiation Danger and Solutions Proposed to Government - Prof. Girish Kumar - May 2012

Cell Tower Radiation - Citizens Speak Up

Video prepared by students of IIT Bombay - PAF Team

Several hundreds of people living near mobile towers are suffering from headaches, sleep disturbance, miscarriages and even cancer etc. The problem is that the Indian governement has ADOPTED THE WORST RADIATION NORMS in the world and something should be done before it is too late! There are enough evidence evidence to see the causal link and solutions have been suggested to the government and industry. However, everyone is trying to blame one another and ignoring the solutions and avoiding responsibility. Please go through the presentation for info: http://www.scribd.com/Neha@Scribd/d/58797743-MOBILE-PHONE-TOWER-RADIATION-HAZARDS