  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, the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology Milind Deora told the parliament on Friday.
“Efforts are going on to examine whether use of cell phone creates risk of neurological, cardio-logical, cancer, ENT and reproductive disorders”, he said.
Deora said that 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. |