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Stricter
radiation norms soon for mobile handsets
Sunday June 05, 2011 08:18:17 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Concerned
by the latest World Health Organisations (WHO) study linking
mobile phone usage with brain tumours, Minister of State for
Communication and Information Technology Sachin Pilot has said
that the government will come out with stricter norms for mobile
handsets and towers.
"While telecom 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. The
final guidelines would take into account the best global
benchmarks and scientific evidence on the subject," Pilot said in
a statement.
The department of telecom (DoT) had set up an inter ministerial
group in August 2010 to evaluate the evidence, revisit radiation
guidelines for mobile towers and adopt guidelines for radiation by
cell phones.
The group, which consists of experts from DoT, ministry of health,
department of biotechnology, ministry of environment and forests
and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has proposed
stricter norms for both mobile handsets and towers.
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