Even your Wi-Fi can cause cancerMore than 200 scientists from across the world have urged a UN body to issue guidelines in order to restrict the use of radiation emitting ...
12 Jun, 2015, 02.36 PM IST
Scientists write to United Nations Environmental Programme for limiting exposure to radiation emitting devicesGirish Kumar said that WHO continues to maintain there is insufficient evidence to justify lowering quantitative exposure limits of carcino...
12 Jun, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
Mega research on effect of mobile tower radiation on human health gets nodThe focus will be on impact of EMF-related issues on human body , including dosimetry (study of radiation absorbed by the body), brain, and...
04 Apr, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
No stricter norms for towers, mobilesThe government has decided against tightening radiation emission norms for cellular towers despite concerns over their ill-effects on healt...
16 Dec, 2014, 11.49 AM IST
Developing website to show real-time mobile tower radiation: Department of TelecomDoT Member Bhargava said the Department has started working with industry body Cellular Operators Association of India to develop the porta...
15 Dec, 2014, 09.45 PM IST
DoT for campaign to allay radiation fears about telecom towersDoT has asked its monitoring wing TERM to carry out a media campaign to allay "undue apprehensions" about possible health effects of radiat...
15 Dec, 2014, 11.25 AM IST
Cell phone radiations not carcinogens, says COAI campaign"We have been using X-ray radiations for over 115 years, and we still haven't established the relationship between cancer and radiation"
27 Jun, 2014, 09.26 PM IST
Mobile radiation not harmful, health experts and doctorsA group of health experts and doctors have come together on the same platform to dispel fears of harmful effects of radiation from mobile p...
24 Jun, 2014, 10.22 AM IST
- Anti-radiation activists squirm as panel rubbishes IIT prof's claims
The damning report of a government-appointed panel against IIT professor Girish Kumar, whose studies activists have been quoting in their b...
26 Feb, 2014, 04.10 AM IST
Dispel false fears on mobile phone tower radiation: Panel tells govermentConcerns over the risks from EMF radiation from telecom towers have led to several cos being asked to remove such structures from some key ...
24 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Stricter radiation norms may hurt in the long run, says radiation expertGiving the example of WHO headquarters in Geneva, which has 3 mobile towers, Repacholi said that similar practice should be adopted in Indi...
05 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
New tower norms industry friendly, say telecom bodiesTelecom industry bodies welcomed guidelines for setting up towers across the country as it would help mobile cos to offer better network co...
20 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Government seeks research proposals to study mobile radiationGovernment has called for research proposals to study the possible impact of electromagnetic frequency radiation on humans and living organ...
14 Jun, 2013, 02.37 PM IST
- Government seeks research proposals to study mobile radiation
Amid concerns over radiation from cell phone towers, government on Friday called for research proposals to study the possible impact of ele...
14 Jun, 2013, 01.47 PM IST
Cell tower radiation: SC to hear plea against HC order banning towers from public-use buildingsDoT has lowered the permissible radiation limits for tower companies to 0.45 watts per sq metre - one-tenth of the ICNIRP guidelines - for ...
06 Feb, 2013, 12.18 PM IST
- BioInitiative report 2012 based on flawed procedure: COAI
Terming the recently released BioInitiative Report 2012 as based on flawed procedure, GSM industry body COAI today said the report is an in...
08 Jan, 2013, 08.54 PM IST
Mobile Towers: Government decides to cut radiation limits to a tenth from September 1From Sept 1 this year, India will lower the level to onetenth of the prevailing standard – from 9.2 w/m2 (watt per square metre) to 0.92 w/...
18 Jul, 2012, 11.37 AM IST