The Minister of State for Communications & Information
Technology Shri Milind Deora informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply
that the Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR) has initiated a study in
Delhi & NCR to study the adverse effects of radio frequency radiation
emitted from Cell Phones.
Under this study, efforts are going on to
examine whether use of cell phone creates risk of neurological, cardio-logical,
cancer, ENT and reproductive disorders. The efforts are also going on to measure
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), power density wavelength and frequency of Radio
Frequency Radiation emitted from various types of cell phones & cell phone
towers under study.
ICMR had supported an animal study (2005-08) titled
“Microwave radiations effects on reproductive systems of male rats” under Prof.
J. Behari, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi.
Source:-PIB
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