After reading this article you will learn about the norms for cell phone radiation in India. Till 2009, India had no standards. India adopted the radiation norms specified by ICNIRP in 2009, which are now outdated as they were intended only to protect people against short-term gross heating effects and not 'biological' effects such as cancers and genetic damage from [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the natural and man-made sources of environmental radiation. Natural (Background) Environmental Radiation: This includes cosmic rays that reach the surface of the earth from space and terrestrial radiations from radioactive elements present in the earth's crust. Many radioactive elements such as radium 224, uranium 235, uranium 238, thorium 232, radon 222, potassium [...]
This article throws light upon the seven major harmful effects associated with cell phone towers. The harmful effects are: 1. Effect on Human Brain 2. Cognitive Effects 3. Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity 4. Thermal Effects 5. Effect on Insects 6. Effect on Plants 7. Impacts on Bio-System and Ecosystem. 1. Effect on Human Brain: The Interphone study released in May 2010 reported [...]