ABSTRACT:
As Mobile
/Cellular phone ownership grows throughout the developed as well as the developing world, concerns about the health risks due to radiofrequency
emissions from the mobile phone base stations and due to usage of mobile
handsets are slowly growing. This article has a look at the concepts used in
the mobile phone technology, the power outputs from base stations and mobile
handsets, the quantities Specific Energy Absorption Rate (SAR) and power
density as a means to assess the effects on biological tissue. The
precautionary approach to managing the health risks from mobile phones by
specifying exposure guidelines is explored. Having surveyed the relevant
epidemiological surveys and finding them inconclusive, NRPB, United Kingdom’s national regulatory body has issued exposure guidelines based on the potential
of RF radiation to cause illness or injury through the heating of body tissues.
USA’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) limits are also listed for
comparison. For details see:
MOBILE PHONES AND HEALTH CONCERNS
Shreenivas
Vaikuntam and PushparajaRadiation protection and Environment
Vol. 26 (3&4), 2003, p. 581-589
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