Dr. Vasant S Kelkar
62 , Kalpak
Artek Apartments
Bandra (E)
Mumbai 400 051
August 3, 2010
Hon. Shri Sachin Ahir
Minister of State for Housing and Environment
Government of Maharashtra
Mantralaya
Madam Cama Road
Mumbai 400 032.
Dear Sir :
The Times of India has reported your statement made in the assembly that the government is considering a legislation wherein cell phone transmission towers will be allowed atop buildings if 70% society residents give their consent.
We are residents of the top floor of our residential society and have been suffering health problems due to cell towers of 4 companies mounted on terrace of our building. The residents on lower floors are subjected to negligible, if any, health risks due to such towers and therefore, will never agree to removal of the cell towers due to large revenues they give to the society. Since, the top floor residents will be always less than 30% of the members. They can never get the cell towers removed and be free from the health risk they cause.
For example, in a 6 storeyed building with 2 flats on each floor, the top floor members will be only 2 out of 12 i.e 16.67% and so can never be successful in removal of antennas although they cause the most risks to their health. Voting power of top floor members will be even worse in taller buildings.
How can health risks be decided by a majority vote? Has the government decided that smoking will be permitted in public places like restaurants if 70% of the customers agree to it?? That the passive smoke does not cause any health risk to remaining 30% of the public if 70% smoke? If there is a health risk to top floors members – even to one member – then the government must enact appropriate legislation forbidding installations of cell phone towers near human residents. This matter of health risk cannot be decided by voting of members.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Vasant S Kelkar
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Letter to Hon Minister of Health - Maharashtra State
Dr. Vasant S Kelkar
62 , Kalpak
Artek Apartments
Bandra (E)
Mumbai 400 051
August 7, 2010
Hon. Shri Suresh Shetty
Minister of Health
Government of Maharashtra
Mantralaya
Madam Cama Road
Mumbai 400 032.
Dear Sir :
The Times of India has reported today that the Committee appointed by the government has recommended that cell phone transmission towers will be allowed atop buildings if 67% of society members give their consent.
We are residents of the top floor of our residential society and have been suffering health problems due to cell towers of 4 companies mounted on terrace of our building. The residents on lower floors are subjected to negligible, if any, health risks due to such towers and therefore, will never agree to removal of the cell towers due to large revenues they give to the society. Since, the top floor residents will be always less than 33% of the members, they can never get the cell towers removed and be free from the health risk they cause.
For example, in a 6 storeyed building with 2 flats on each floor, the top floor members will be only 2 out of 12 i.e 16.67% and so can never be successful in removal of antennas although they cause the most risks to their health. Voting power of top floor members will be even worse in taller buildings.
How can health risks be decided by a majority vote? Has the government decided that smoking will be permitted in public places like restaurants if 67% of the customers agree to it?? That the passive smoke does not cause any health risk to remaining 33% of the public if 67% smoke? If there is a health risk to top floors members – even to one member – then the government must enact appropriate legislation forbidding installations of cell phone towers near human residents. This matter of health risk cannot be decided by voting of members.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Vasant S Kelkar
62 , Kalpak
Artek Apartments
Bandra (E)
Mumbai 400 051
August 7, 2010
Hon. Shri Suresh Shetty
Minister of Health
Government of Maharashtra
Mantralaya
Madam Cama Road
Mumbai 400 032.
Dear Sir :
The Times of India has reported today that the Committee appointed by the government has recommended that cell phone transmission towers will be allowed atop buildings if 67% of society members give their consent.
We are residents of the top floor of our residential society and have been suffering health problems due to cell towers of 4 companies mounted on terrace of our building. The residents on lower floors are subjected to negligible, if any, health risks due to such towers and therefore, will never agree to removal of the cell towers due to large revenues they give to the society. Since, the top floor residents will be always less than 33% of the members, they can never get the cell towers removed and be free from the health risk they cause.
For example, in a 6 storeyed building with 2 flats on each floor, the top floor members will be only 2 out of 12 i.e 16.67% and so can never be successful in removal of antennas although they cause the most risks to their health. Voting power of top floor members will be even worse in taller buildings.
How can health risks be decided by a majority vote? Has the government decided that smoking will be permitted in public places like restaurants if 67% of the customers agree to it?? That the passive smoke does not cause any health risk to remaining 33% of the public if 67% smoke? If there is a health risk to top floors members – even to one member – then the government must enact appropriate legislation forbidding installations of cell phone towers near human residents. This matter of health risk cannot be decided by voting of members.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Vasant S Kelkar
Thursday, August 5, 2010
It has been reported that 1/3rd of Sweden population is electrosenitive.
I have attached a file Int-Rad-Limit-GSM1800.ppt, which gives details of the limit adopted by various countries. In India, we have adopted ICNIRP guidelines of 1998 of f/200, where f is in MHz. So, at 1840 MHz, it comes out to be 9.2W/sq.m, whereas Russia has adopted 20mW/sq.m and some European countries have even adopted 1mW/sq. m., which is 100's and 1000's of times less that what we have adopted.
Are people from these countries ignorant?
It has been reported that 1/3rd of Sweden population is electrosenitive. Sweden was the first country to announce 100% mobile connectivity and now their citizens are paying the price. Recently, nearly 100 researchers in USA have demanded that USA must adopt stricted norms (1/100th to 1/1000th) as is being adopted in European countries, please see the following link
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3773284/Health-Effects-from-Cell-Phone-Tower-Radiation
Bio-initiative report (610 pages long) also supports that stricter radiation norms must be adopted. Recent, Interphone study also mentions that excessive use of mobile phones causes cancer. However, the
most strange thing is that they have taken average user as a person who uses cell phone for 2 hours/month (In India, many people use 2 hours in 1 or 2 days).
For mobile phones, max. SAR value of 1.6W/Kg is termed safe. However, this limit is only for 6 minutes/day. It has a safety magin of 3 to 4.
Why this information is not being made public?
Let's do some simple calculation of how much microwave power will be absorbed by human body if exposed to the so called safe radiation level adopted in India, which is f/200, where f is in MHz. So, at 900 MHz, power density is 4.5W/sq meter.
Power recd. by human body (modeled as cylinder of height - 5'6" and waist 34" = 1.5 sq meter approx.) will be 6.75 Watts.
In one hour, microwave energy absorbed will be 6.75 x 3600 = 24.3 KW-sec
In one day, microwave energy absorbed will be 24.3 x 24 = 583.2 KW-sec
A typical microwave oven has rating of 700 to 1000 W, and with say 60% efficiency, microwave power output is say 500 W. This implies that human body can be safely kept in a microwave oven for 1166 secs
= 19 min. per day. Ofcourse, people can argue about body being adaptable to external threats and this is spread over whole day, and so on.
However, question remains, would we like to put our citizen in an open microwave oven for 19 min./day over the years.
I am willing to come and have open discussions with telecom operators, policy makers and users.
With regards.
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Girish Kumar
Professor, Electrical Engineering Department
I.I.T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA
Tel. - (022) 2576 7436, Fax - (022) 2572 3707
email- gkumar@ee.iitb.ac.in
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Are people from these countries ignorant?
It has been reported that 1/3rd of Sweden population is electrosenitive. Sweden was the first country to announce 100% mobile connectivity and now their citizens are paying the price. Recently, nearly 100 researchers in USA have demanded that USA must adopt stricted norms (1/100th to 1/1000th) as is being adopted in European countries, please see the following link
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3773284/Health-Effects-from-Cell-Phone-Tower-Radiation
Bio-initiative report (610 pages long) also supports that stricter radiation norms must be adopted. Recent, Interphone study also mentions that excessive use of mobile phones causes cancer. However, the
most strange thing is that they have taken average user as a person who uses cell phone for 2 hours/month (In India, many people use 2 hours in 1 or 2 days).
For mobile phones, max. SAR value of 1.6W/Kg is termed safe. However, this limit is only for 6 minutes/day. It has a safety magin of 3 to 4.
Why this information is not being made public?
Let's do some simple calculation of how much microwave power will be absorbed by human body if exposed to the so called safe radiation level adopted in India, which is f/200, where f is in MHz. So, at 900 MHz, power density is 4.5W/sq meter.
Power recd. by human body (modeled as cylinder of height - 5'6" and waist 34" = 1.5 sq meter approx.) will be 6.75 Watts.
In one hour, microwave energy absorbed will be 6.75 x 3600 = 24.3 KW-sec
In one day, microwave energy absorbed will be 24.3 x 24 = 583.2 KW-sec
A typical microwave oven has rating of 700 to 1000 W, and with say 60% efficiency, microwave power output is say 500 W. This implies that human body can be safely kept in a microwave oven for 1166 secs
= 19 min. per day. Ofcourse, people can argue about body being adaptable to external threats and this is spread over whole day, and so on.
However, question remains, would we like to put our citizen in an open microwave oven for 19 min./day over the years.
I am willing to come and have open discussions with telecom operators, policy makers and users.
With regards.
**********************************************************************
Girish Kumar
Professor, Electrical Engineering Department
I.I.T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA
Tel. - (022) 2576 7436, Fax - (022) 2572 3707
email- gkumar@ee.iitb.ac.in
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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