Telecom mobile towers are within prescribed norms, affirms DoT
The Hindu
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has tested 4,245 base tansceiver units (BTS)/ mobile towers of various telecom service providers (TSPs) between June 2020 and February 2021 and found 4,244 BTSs to be compliant with safety norms. “We have come across only one mobile tower slightly beyond the norms, which was also subsequently complied within the norms,” said Director Arvind Kumar on Tuesday.
The check was taken up following “growing public concern about possible health hazards from electro-magnetic field (EMF) exposures from mobile phones or their base stations”. Concerns have also been raised that continuous exposure to EMF radiation emanating from telecom towers causes harmful thermal and non-thermal health effects, he explained.
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