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WHO report: Govt plans stricter laws for mobiles, towers
The inter-Ministerial Group set up by the Communications and Information Technology ministry to study about the negative effects of mobile phones and towers submitted its report, which suggests mandatory declaration of radiation levels on each mobile handset.
Sachin Pilot, the Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology has said while telecom industry is a huge success story in India, any possible health related effects of radiation emitted by mobile phones and towers are to be reflected and ensured in the guidelines.
Salient recommendations in the report submitted by the Inter Ministerial Group are:
Mobile Handsets:
•
The
Group
has
proposed
revising
the
limit
of
2
watts
per
kilogram
averaged
over
10
grams
tissue
to
1.6
watts
per
kilogram
averaged
over
1
gram
tissue.
•
Mandatory
declaration
of
radiation
level
on
each
mobile
handset.
Mobile Towers:
•
Radiation
norms
which
are
ten
times
as
strict
as
the
existing
ones-
from
f/200
watts
per
square
meter
to
f/2000
watts
per
square
meter
have
been
recommended.
•
Earlier,
necessary
amendments
were
carried
out
in
the
Access
Service
Licenses
in
2008
mandating
self-certification
radiation
levels
of
towers
to
ensure
compliance
with
WHO-endorsed
guidelines
of
International
Commission
for
Non-ionizing
Radiation
Protection
(ICNIRP)
adopted
by
India
Each
instance
of
non-compliance
carries
a
penalty
of
Rs.5
lakhs.
•
Till
31st
March
2011,
5,88,645
out
of
6,05,859
base
stations
had
been
self-certified.
The
report
is
under
consideration
of
Department
of
Telecom.
"We are working on it (report) and soon come out with fresh guidelines to address possible health hazards from mobile towers and handsets," Sachin Pilot said.
OneIndia News
