Dear Saligaonkars I have heard in many places people's objection to mobile towers. In some villages it was even opposed at the gram sabha meeting. Take for example the village of saligao. If they try to build a mobile tower I am sure it will cause radiation and many people will gather at a meeting an speak opposition to the tower and see that it is not done. Do you know how many people in saligao have mobiles ? I am sure at least two thousand min people have mobiles and I have seen young school girls and boys use mobiles so the number may be at least five thousand and then what about the radiation ? what about the effects when you hold the mobile to your ears for hours together ? albert
> From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:56:31 +0530 > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Phones? > To: [email protected] > > Dear Maurice, One way or another, I don't have strong views on this > issue. I don't want to belong to the > we-want-mobile-phones-but-not-mobile-towers lobby. At the same time, > it would be hypocritical to argue that > the-village-needs-mobile-towers-but-place-it-in-your-backyard. > > As a general principle, I respect the views of people who adopt the > NIMBY (not in my backyard) approach. We need to respect their voices. > Would anyone of the votaries of the mobile-towers-for-Saligao plan be > eager to place one in their backyards, btw? > > Which made me wonder... why is BSNL not willing to have a tower > someone along the uninhabited village hill? Is their argument that > "part of the village will not get coverage" really valid, or just an > excuse? > > Btw, before we allow a few to shout down those raising questions, may > I point to a few online resources that might be of interest? > > Cell towers, a health risk: ... Girish Kumar, professor of electrical > engineering at Mumbai IIT, said India's safe radiation limit for > mobile towers is also harmful. "We have allowed 4.5 Watt per sqm as > the safe limit. Russia has put a limit of 0.02 Watt and Germany 0.001 > Watt," he said. "You know what 4.5 Watt means? It is same as putting > someone in a microwave for 19 minutes a day," Kumar said. > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/1859 > > Cell Phone Transmitter Tower Dangers: Increased public awareness about > the link between prolonged proximity to cell phone transmitter towers > and certain kinds of diseases has led to spreading concern. Cell phone > towers emit a type of radiation that over time, seems to disrupt > normal cell activity in the body. In short amounts, this radiation may > be harmless, but people who live near cell phone towers may risk > excessive exposure. > http://www.ehow.com/list_5911539_cell-phone-transmitter-tower-dangers.html > > Radiation levels of the non-nuclear kind in Delhi may have reached way > beyond what humans can live with. Almost four-fifths of the metropolis > has people living in the midst of radiation levels ranging from > “borderline” to “unsafe” and “extreme anomaly”, which are highly > unsafe. Only about a fifth of Delhi lives and works in the safe zone > and that is almost entirely where the vvips reside. The October > Commonwealth Games, over 12 days, could be the most radiation-filled > sports event ever. > http://www.emfnews.org/Cell-Tower-Radiation-Dangers-India-Part1.html > > The current drive against the illegal towers, Sen said, was also > partly prompted by public concerns over health. Some residents feared > towers beaming signals might pose health risks. > http://www.naturalhealthstrategies.com/india-targets-illegal-cell-phone-towers.html > > Prof. Kumar's meter clearly indicates that as we get closer to the > cellphone towers, the radiation levels increase exponentially. > Radiation exposure up to minus 30 db a day is the safety limit for us. > But the meter reads -12 or -10 even at a distance of almost 50 meters > away from the towers. > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cell-phone-towers-a-big-health-risk-in-cities/123060-17.html > > STORM BREWING AGAINST MOBILE TOWERS: Are more phone base station > antennas (towers) a health hazard to the neighbourhood? Whatever the > claims and counter claims, erection of cellular towers in residential > localities, especially on high rise buildings, is facing rough > weather, so it seems.In Salcete, it started with protests from > residents of Navelim. Last week saw hundreds of students coming on the > roads in Cuncolim, protesting against the erection of a tower close to > the school building. On Aug 23, the residents of Maddel have come out > openly against the proposed construction of a tower in their > neighbourhood. (H) > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00279.html > > Ultimately, those raising questions about the mobile towers could well > be wrong, scare-mongers and inaccurate. But the onus should be on BSNL > (and those supporting the idea of a tower) to convince villagers how > safe it is. Of course, we all love our mobile phones. But that is not > quite the point! 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