NYU HSL Disaster Preparedness Team Updatenyudisprep
Team Updates PowerPoint presentation given by NYU HSL Acting Director Colleen Cuddy at the NLM Disaster Information Specialist Project meeting on 3/11/2010.
NYU HSL Disaster Preparedness Team Updatenyudisprep
Team Updates PowerPoint presentation given by NYU HSL Acting Director Colleen Cuddy at the NLM Disaster Information Specialist Project meeting on 3/11/2010.
Prof. Girish Kumar's comments on "DOT Report for Allahabad HC" on EMF Radiati...Neha Kumar
Prof. Girish Kumar's good work on Cell Phone and Cell Tower Radiation Hazards is being sidelined by telecom representatives and the facts are being twisted.
In this report Prof. Girish Kumar's has summarized his comments in blue colour.
Prof. Girish Kumar's comments ON Report of the Committee Constituted as per direction of Hon’ble High Court Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in its order dated 10.01.2012 in writ petition No. 11275 (M/B) of 2010
ON ISSUES RELATED TO EMF RADIATION
Highlights:
- Prof. Girish Kumar' calculations are twisted by the commitee and presented wrongly.
- They have forcefully written "Prof. (Dr.) Girish Kumar has agreed that all these factors have not been considered in the calculations given by him".
> However the truth is - He did not agree with the committee but they chose to write for the reason best known to them.
- They have mentioned "currently there is no CONCLUSIVE scientific evidence which establishes that EMF has harmful non-thermal effects".
> However Prof. Kumar has repeated presented the BIO-INITIATIVE report 2012 which has given references of 3800 scientific research papers but committee chose to ignore all the time due to reasons best known to them.
- They have mentioned "so far, no conclusive evidence on adverse health effects by EMF radiation from mobile handset has been found internationally by World Health Organization (WHO)."
> No conclusive evidence does not mean no evidence. WHO accepted cell phone as possibly Carcinogen in 2011, where as earlier they had not classified as Class 2B. The reason is that radiation hazards are cumulative in nature and as usage is increasing with time, larger number of people are reporting health hazards.
- They have mentioned "In order to implement the EMF radiation norms, DoT has prescribed a procedure to be followed by the telecom service providers. To oversee the implementation, DoT through its 34 field units, known as TERM units, takes self-certificates for compliance of EMF norms by the operators and conducts regular audit of the EMF radiation exposure from the mobile towers as per the prescribed procedure".
> Self certification is not good. Also, audit of only 10% of sites is done
Cell Tower Radiation Danger and Solutions Proposed to Government - Prof. Giri...Neha Kumar
Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards and Solutions Proposed to Government. Following presentation was made to Shri Milind Deora, honorable Minister of State for IT and Communication and DOT (Department of Telecommunications) India
Prof. Girish Kumar from IIT Bombay has written down some simple solutions to reduce radiation hazard from cell phones.
Step 1 - Convince the operators to reduce the transmitted power from current 20W/carrier to max. 1 to 2 W especially in the dense urban area.
It is very simple to implement - all they have to do is to remove the power amplifier or reduce the gain of the amplifier.
Lots of other benefits of reducing the power - cooling of the amplifier will not be required, then it may not require Air conditioner. Total power requirement will be reduced, so Diesel Generator is not required and solar panel can meet this requirement. Operators can claim carbon
credit and it truely leads to Green Telecom. You can see the attached TRAI-Green-Telecom-openho use-GKreport.pdf
Disadvantage of reducing the power - range will reduce. So people living at larger distance may have signal problem initially.
Operators have to install more number of towers or they can provide low power repeaters/boosters/signal enhancers, which will cost them more money.
Step 2 - Radiation measurements have to be done at residences, offices,schools, hospitals. If the power density level is still high (i.e,more than 0.1 to 1 milliwatts/sq.m after reduction of the transmitted power, then either towers have to be relocated or height of the towers has to be increased or direction of the antenna has to be hanged. Again, any of these steps will require additional investment.
People have to decide
1. Health versus wealth.
2. Good cell phone connectivity at the expense of health of people living near cell tower or somewhat poor connectivity for the people living at larger distance from the tower.
Hazards from cell phones and cell towers gk kem hospitalNeha Kumar
Presentation at KEM Hospital on 20th September 2010 for medical doctors.
We have explained the radiation pattern of Cell tower antenna, main beam and minor beam of an antenna, who are at more danger, radiation norms adopted in different countries, calculations for amount of radiation the body may be exposed to with current radiation norms, epidemiological symptoms observed with proximity to towers, biological effects of these radiations. In particular its affect on children and pregnant women, health problems reported from cell tower radiation and other EMF sources- case studies, its impact on the environment - birds, animals, bees, plants etc.
Prof Girish Kumar from IIT Bomaby talked about the engineering aspect of cell tower antennae and I presented the biological effects on humans, animals and mentioned a few case studies.
There are several hundreds of publications which show a positive link between cell phone/ cell tower radiation and its association with illness observed in people. Several thousands of cases have been reported worldwide. All this calls for immediate precautionary actions to be taken before it gets too late.
Biological Effects Of Cell Tower Radiation On Human BodyNeha Kumar
Conference Paper Presentation- 'Biological effects of Cell Tower Radiation' - presented by me and Prof Girish Kumar at International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (ISMOT 2009).
Cell Tower radiation has become of extreme concern as we are exposed to them 24x7 and one cannot do much if the tower antenna is mounted right on top of your home/school/office building etc. In India, currently (2009) there are about 3.75 lakh cell towers installed and the numbers are expected to rise to 4.25 lakh towers by 2010. Radiation level measurements were carried out at various locations and the levels were found to be far above the recommended values. Common complains like Sleep disruption, Headache, Depression, Concentration, Memory loss, behavior, discomfort, irritability, nausea, dizziness, appetite loss, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, altered reflexes,seizures, paralysis, psychosis, stroke- all related to changes in the electrical activity of the brain have been on a rise. Similarly increased cases of Alzheimer’s , Parkinson's disease,infertility, child leukemia, brain tumor cases have been associated with the continuously emitting cell tower radiation. On reviewing several epidemiological and experimental studies on harmful effects of Cell Tower Radiation on health of human and animals, we recommend safe radiation levels up to 50 μW/m2 , with a upper limit as 100 μW/m2. Towards the end, details of "Radiation Shield" -instrument designed to absorb radiation between frequency 800 to 4000 MHz have been given.
Carnivores: Inspection under Philosophy of ActionYoav Francis
A dialectic review of the act of eating animals in the context of Philosophy of Action, takne into account views by Davidson, Holton and Stocker
[This paper is in Hebrew]
Prof. Girish Kumar's comments on "DOT Report for Allahabad HC" on EMF Radiati...Neha Kumar
Prof. Girish Kumar's good work on Cell Phone and Cell Tower Radiation Hazards is being sidelined by telecom representatives and the facts are being twisted.
In this report Prof. Girish Kumar's has summarized his comments in blue colour.
Prof. Girish Kumar's comments ON Report of the Committee Constituted as per direction of Hon’ble High Court Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in its order dated 10.01.2012 in writ petition No. 11275 (M/B) of 2010
ON ISSUES RELATED TO EMF RADIATION
Highlights:
- Prof. Girish Kumar' calculations are twisted by the commitee and presented wrongly.
- They have forcefully written "Prof. (Dr.) Girish Kumar has agreed that all these factors have not been considered in the calculations given by him".
> However the truth is - He did not agree with the committee but they chose to write for the reason best known to them.
- They have mentioned "currently there is no CONCLUSIVE scientific evidence which establishes that EMF has harmful non-thermal effects".
> However Prof. Kumar has repeated presented the BIO-INITIATIVE report 2012 which has given references of 3800 scientific research papers but committee chose to ignore all the time due to reasons best known to them.
- They have mentioned "so far, no conclusive evidence on adverse health effects by EMF radiation from mobile handset has been found internationally by World Health Organization (WHO)."
> No conclusive evidence does not mean no evidence. WHO accepted cell phone as possibly Carcinogen in 2011, where as earlier they had not classified as Class 2B. The reason is that radiation hazards are cumulative in nature and as usage is increasing with time, larger number of people are reporting health hazards.
- They have mentioned "In order to implement the EMF radiation norms, DoT has prescribed a procedure to be followed by the telecom service providers. To oversee the implementation, DoT through its 34 field units, known as TERM units, takes self-certificates for compliance of EMF norms by the operators and conducts regular audit of the EMF radiation exposure from the mobile towers as per the prescribed procedure".
> Self certification is not good. Also, audit of only 10% of sites is done
Cell Tower Radiation Danger and Solutions Proposed to Government - Prof. Giri...Neha Kumar
Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards and Solutions Proposed to Government. Following presentation was made to Shri Milind Deora, honorable Minister of State for IT and Communication and DOT (Department of Telecommunications) India
Prof. Girish Kumar from IIT Bombay has written down some simple solutions to reduce radiation hazard from cell phones.
Step 1 - Convince the operators to reduce the transmitted power from current 20W/carrier to max. 1 to 2 W especially in the dense urban area.
It is very simple to implement - all they have to do is to remove the power amplifier or reduce the gain of the amplifier.
Lots of other benefits of reducing the power - cooling of the amplifier will not be required, then it may not require Air conditioner. Total power requirement will be reduced, so Diesel Generator is not required and solar panel can meet this requirement. Operators can claim carbon
credit and it truely leads to Green Telecom. You can see the attached TRAI-Green-Telecom-openho use-GKreport.pdf
Disadvantage of reducing the power - range will reduce. So people living at larger distance may have signal problem initially.
Operators have to install more number of towers or they can provide low power repeaters/boosters/signal enhancers, which will cost them more money.
Step 2 - Radiation measurements have to be done at residences, offices,schools, hospitals. If the power density level is still high (i.e,more than 0.1 to 1 milliwatts/sq.m after reduction of the transmitted power, then either towers have to be relocated or height of the towers has to be increased or direction of the antenna has to be hanged. Again, any of these steps will require additional investment.
People have to decide
1. Health versus wealth.
2. Good cell phone connectivity at the expense of health of people living near cell tower or somewhat poor connectivity for the people living at larger distance from the tower.
Hazards from cell phones and cell towers gk kem hospitalNeha Kumar
Presentation at KEM Hospital on 20th September 2010 for medical doctors.
We have explained the radiation pattern of Cell tower antenna, main beam and minor beam of an antenna, who are at more danger, radiation norms adopted in different countries, calculations for amount of radiation the body may be exposed to with current radiation norms, epidemiological symptoms observed with proximity to towers, biological effects of these radiations. In particular its affect on children and pregnant women, health problems reported from cell tower radiation and other EMF sources- case studies, its impact on the environment - birds, animals, bees, plants etc.
Prof Girish Kumar from IIT Bomaby talked about the engineering aspect of cell tower antennae and I presented the biological effects on humans, animals and mentioned a few case studies.
There are several hundreds of publications which show a positive link between cell phone/ cell tower radiation and its association with illness observed in people. Several thousands of cases have been reported worldwide. All this calls for immediate precautionary actions to be taken before it gets too late.
Biological Effects Of Cell Tower Radiation On Human BodyNeha Kumar
Conference Paper Presentation- 'Biological effects of Cell Tower Radiation' - presented by me and Prof Girish Kumar at International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (ISMOT 2009).
Cell Tower radiation has become of extreme concern as we are exposed to them 24x7 and one cannot do much if the tower antenna is mounted right on top of your home/school/office building etc. In India, currently (2009) there are about 3.75 lakh cell towers installed and the numbers are expected to rise to 4.25 lakh towers by 2010. Radiation level measurements were carried out at various locations and the levels were found to be far above the recommended values. Common complains like Sleep disruption, Headache, Depression, Concentration, Memory loss, behavior, discomfort, irritability, nausea, dizziness, appetite loss, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, altered reflexes,seizures, paralysis, psychosis, stroke- all related to changes in the electrical activity of the brain have been on a rise. Similarly increased cases of Alzheimer’s , Parkinson's disease,infertility, child leukemia, brain tumor cases have been associated with the continuously emitting cell tower radiation. On reviewing several epidemiological and experimental studies on harmful effects of Cell Tower Radiation on health of human and animals, we recommend safe radiation levels up to 50 μW/m2 , with a upper limit as 100 μW/m2. Towards the end, details of "Radiation Shield" -instrument designed to absorb radiation between frequency 800 to 4000 MHz have been given.
Carnivores: Inspection under Philosophy of ActionYoav Francis
A dialectic review of the act of eating animals in the context of Philosophy of Action, takne into account views by Davidson, Holton and Stocker
[This paper is in Hebrew]