India: RF straling en de kranten

Aan het nieuwe 2012 BioInitiative rapport wordt in India in de kranten aandacht geschonken, begrijpelijk na de recente beslissing van het Hooggerechtshof van Rajasthan om zendmasten te verwijderen.

In The Times of India stond het volgende artikel:

Mobile phone industry must have stringent radiation norms
Jan 9, 2013

Following the WHO report classifying radiation emitted from mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic, a new global report has reaffirmed the risks involved with using such technology. BioInitiative 2012, a collaborative effort by 29 authors from 10 countries, has listed brain tumour and loss of fertility in men as possible health hazards associated with exposure to radio frequency radiation emitted by mobile phone handsets and signal towers. Given that India is the fastest growing market for mobile phones in the world, the ramifications are indeed worrisome. Despite the growing body of research, there continues to be a serious lack of consumer awareness on the subject. Combined with the fact that mobile phones are increasingly becoming vital tools of modern life, there is an urgent need for regulation and oversight.

The Times of India schreef reeds eerder over de gevaren van mobiel bellen, i.h.b. voor kinderen. Maar er verschijnen in India ook andere artikelen. Uit Zeenews India:

BioInitiative report 2012 based on flawed procedure: COAI
Tuesday, January 08, 2013

New Delhi: Terming the recently released BioInitiative Report 2012 as based on flawed procedure, GSM industry body COAI Tuesday said the report is an informal interpretation on selection of limited information on electromagnetic fields.

The report is about health risks from exposure to electromagnetic raditions emitted from mobile towers and mobile phones.

''The 2012 BioInitiative Report, like its predecessor, is an informal interpretation of a limited selection of the available scientific information on electromagnetic fields (EMF),'' Cellular Operator Association of India (COAI) said in a statement.

It added the recently released report is just an update on their 2007 report which had been heavily criticised as being biased, without balance and for not being an objective comprehensive review, or a weight-of-evidence assessment.

The report is largely critical of the internationally accepted and most widely adopted EMF exposure standards developed by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, which have been endorsed by the World Health Organization, it added.

Knap van de GSM (telecom) industrie dat ze het BioInitiative 2012 rapport al binnen een dag na de verschijning bestudeerd en van commentaar voorzien hebben.
Is het misschien iets van de olifant die de muis verwijt dat hij op zijn staart trapt?



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