India: Gemeten stralingsniveaus ver onder ICNIRP norm maar ruim boven biologische norm.

Bron: Environmental Monitoring Assessment 2011 Nov 15.

Study of electromagnetic radiation pollution in an Indian city.

Dhami AK.

Department of Applied Sciences, Sant Baba Bhag Singh Institute of Engineering & Technology, Khiala, P.O. Padhiana, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, amarjot.d@gmail.com.

Abstract
Electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell phone towers is a form of environmental pollution and is a new health hazard, especially to children and patients. The present studies were taken to estimate the microwave/RF pollution by measuring radiation power densities near schools and hospitals of Chandigarh city in India.

The cell phone radiations were measured using a handheld portable power density meter TES 593 and specific absorption rates were estimated from the measured values. These values of electromagnetic radiation in the environment were compared with the levels at which biological system of humans and animals starts getting affected. The values were also compared with the international exposure limits set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). The highest measured power density was 11.48 mW/m(2) which is 1,148% of the biological limit.

The results indicated that the exposure levels in the city were below the ICNIRP limit, but much above the biological limit.

PMID:22083401

Voor het originele abstract zie:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22083401?dopt=Abstract .

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