High Power Cell Tower Radiation: Hazards in Public Health

0*, Sanjeev Kumar Raghuwanshi**, Ravindra Kumar Yadav***, Shabana Anjum****
*-** Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
*** Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Skyline Institute of Engineering &Technology, Gr.Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
****CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology research, Lucknow, U.P. India.
Periodicity:January - June'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmt.6.1.15390

Abstract

Several wireless devices, such as cell phones, tablets, audio players, digital cameras are all found with Wi-Fi and have become the integral part of our daily life. World Research Forum (WRF) has been reported 7 trillion wireless devices serving 7 billion people in 2017-2022. There are about 7 billion people who have more than 5 million cell phones in the world. The radio frequency waves produced from the base station are given off into the environment, where people can be exposed to them. The radiation from excessive use of mobile phone devices affect the normal physiology of the human body and lead to serious health problems like; Cancer, Brain Tumor, Cognitive Function, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and so on. Regular use of short term effect of the wireless radiation causes hormone disruption, sleep disruption, behavior, attention problem and long term effects cause DNA damage, infertility, etc. This review paper summarizes that high power cell tower radiation has adverse effects on human health.

Keywords

Electromagnetic Radiation, Cell Tower, RF Source, Hazards.

How to Cite this Article?

Nadeem, M. D. D., Raghuwanshi, S. K., Yadav, R. K., & Anjum, S (2019). High Power Cell Tower Radiation: Hazards in Public Health. i-manager’s Journal on Mobile Applications and Technologies , 6(1), 42-48. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmt.6.1.15390

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