Is there any harmful effect caused by radiation of telecom towers, if built in residential area ?
Recently, a petition was filed in the Kerala High Court by a doctor seeking a direction to a cell phone company preventing them from installing a telecommunication tower near his house. He stated in his petition that the telecommunication company had not bothered to inform the people about the ill-effects of putting up such a tower and hence the project be stalled. Available materials show that the radiation emitted from these towers could cause health hazards. Points out Raman K R, a scientist who has done research on the subject, “There are two effects in such cases-thermal and non-thermal. A person will fall prey to a thermal effect due to radiation only if he is close to the tower.” Being exposed to the thermal effect could cause fatigue, cataracts and reduced mental concentration. This largely occurs to the amount of heat that is generated due to radiation. Then there is the non-thermal effect, which affects people who are at a distance from the tower. The ill-effects of a non-the
