Re: [Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers

2014-03-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is important to obtain medical information from reliable sources. Here is what American Cancer Society says about lack of any evidence for the harmful effects of cell phone towers: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cellular-phone-towers Cheers, Santosh On

[Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers

2014-03-14 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Thu Mar 13 21:33:14 PDT 2014 wrote: It is important to obtain medical information from reliable sources. Here is what American Cancer Society says about lack of any evidence for the harmful effects of cell phone towers:

Re: [Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers

2014-03-13 Thread J. Colaco jc
Involved in this topic: 1: the stalled/stopped' construction of the mobile tower in Saligao. 2: the 'expert' Prof. Girish Kumar and his PPT presentation. 3: the concerns of Salgaocars (the residents of Saligao). 4: third parties with or without vested interests. I submit that the MAIN deciders

[Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers

2014-03-13 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
What do we do about this mon ami? One cannot (specially a qualified medical doctor) in no terms assure there cannot be harmful effects when there is no proof. Just as for us doctors it is ethics not to guarantee that there will not be side effects to any medication.

[Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers

2014-03-11 Thread Gerard Delaney
Last year, a small group of Saliganvkars created awareness in the Lourdes Convent school hall about the alleged dangers of the radiation from Mobile towers by showing a PP presentation of the so called expert Prof. Girish Kumar. The same presentation was used again for a much bigger group of

Re: [Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers

2014-03-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
Thanks Gerard for sharing this information. It is important to counter these bogus scares that crop up from time to time by educating people about basic scientific concepts. Underlying these scares there invariably is some commercial scam or MLM-type fraud being perpetrated.  Cheers, Santosh