Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Cell Tower Radiation SAME AS Radio Transmitter Waves – Both Are Harmless


Cell Phones are an important, indispensable part of our modern lives. Not only do we use them to make and receive calls; but also, the smart phone of today, is our planner, computer, entertainment system, camera, video camera, internet, and secretary; all rolled into one, and all on the go. Despite the amazing & undeniable conveniences; some sections would have us believe that cell phones are evil. More specifically, the radiation or waves that surround and come out of the cell phone towers; are harmful. It has even been alleged that they can cause cancer!

One can only hope that more people take the facts into account before buying into whatever they hear and read. So what are the true facts about Cell Phone Tower Radiation?

  1. The radiation being emitted from Cell Phone Towers are classified as RF Waves. This means that these waves are Radio frequency Waves. What does that mean? That on the full spectrum of radiation, they fall much below UV Rays & X Rays. And why is that significant? Because it is extended exposure to UV Rays & X Rays, that can possibly cause any harm to our human bodies. UV Rays & X Rays are the only rays that have enough 'energy' to maybe cause any structural change or damage to our DNA. While RF waves are too weak to have any impact on us whatsoever. So where does the question of harming anyone even arise!

  2. RF waves being in our midst is not a recent phenomena, or one that has come about with the advent of Cell Phones. RF waves have been among us for decades now. How? Simply because the radios that we have been so happily listening to for generations, are also transmitted their content through Radio Transmitters all around us, via the exact same form of radiation – Radio Frequency waves. They are completely harmless. And in exactly the same way, Cell Phone Tower radiation too, is absolutely harmless.

  3. Even Defense Facilities the world over have been using Radio to communicate both in times of emergency & war, and in regular course. Governments need to run their countries responsibly, and only subscribe to technology that has no chance of damaging peoples' health. The fact that the armies of the worlds nations have been unanimously using radio wave technology for their telecommunications for decades now; is further and telling proof that this kind of weak-energy radiation, only gives us convenience and control, not health problems and medical bills.

We need to take control of the decisions we make, the things we hear and believe. We owe it to ourselves as intelligent, aware, and educated people, to check the facts, and only form our opinions, basis those facts. Cell Phone Tower radiation, is indeed, harmless RF waves.

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Milind Deora Doubts Neha Kumar

Milind Deora is an honorable minister in the Union Cabinet. He is also the young, dynamic, and widely accepted face of a new kind of progressive & honest politics in India. He also happens to be the Minister of State for IT & Communications. When Milind Deora gets involved in something, he is thorough, complete, unbiased, and direct. He is one of those leaders that leads by example, and is unafraid of calling a spade a spade.

In May 2012, a presentation was made to him that was entitled 'Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards & Solutions. This presentation was made by none other than professor Girish Kumar, who, along with his daughter, Anna University Science graduate Neha Kumar; have been propagating & alleging that cell phone towers cause harmful radiation. They have even been crusading across the country, both in the virtual space and real world, saying that this radiation is so harmful, it can cause health problems for people. And hence, a large part of their propaganda was part of this presentation.

Now, a lot has been made about this father-daughter's constant smear-campaign against radiation. We have all read and now know for a fact that their entire campaign is based on a lie, at least on a grossly incorrect assumption – that is, that cell phone radiation causes ill-health. Why is it a lie? Because they claim that microwave radiation causes damage to humans, which is does. The crucial fact is that cell phone towers don't even emit microwave radiation. They emit harmless, weak Radio Frequency!

Not to mention that fact that everyone in the general public has seen through the Kumar game now. Because it is their own company Wilcom, which is selling products that 'contain' this alleged radiation over-spill. A company whose products have not even been certified by the relevant governing bodies! Its like bringing a car into the market that has not been tested and homologated!

Mr.Milind Deora too, has seen through this entire sham. He has replied strongly and questioned the Kumars on their claims. In fact, in many of his public tweets, he has expressed serious concerns on the veracity of the Kumars claims, and pointed out their obvious profiteering from their company.


  • does your family sell "solutions" for cell tower radiation? If so, your advocacy is a major conflict of interest

  • If you charge for measurements, like telecom companies, you also have a vested interest & should have disclosed that

Thanks to responsible ministers such as Milind Deora, we have seen the truth. And the truth is, that Neha Kumar and Girish Kumar are liars, out to make a profit at our fears' expense!

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Professor Girish Kumar – A Fake Everyone Has Seen Through

One look at our Mythology and there are several instances of people with extraordinary intelligence & intellect, having gone over the edge of sanity. Raavan is a great example of a person with immense learning. He was widely accepted as a genius. But once his mind wandered and went over to the dark side, it was game over. In more modern times too, history is full of examples of extremely intelligent and influential characters having crossed over to a dark side of madness. Adolf Hitler comes to mind immediately.

The same thing has unfortunately happened to Professor Girish Kumar. A man of very high scientific learning, once respected by colleagues and students alike at IIT Bombay; the professor's image now lies in complete tatters. And not for anybody else's but his own fault, his own self-made lies. Because if there is one thing people eventually see through, is a web of lies. In Girish Kumar's case, the lies and deceit is to such an extent, that people are completely fed up and cheated.

Having spread lies about the alleged harmful effects of cell phone radiation; it has become increasingly clear to everyone from civil society to even young leaders like Milind Deora; that all these lies, and this so called crusade against radiation that Girish Kumar and his daughter Neha Kumar have been running; has all been in a bid to see the products developed by their own company, Wilcom Technologies!

Because Wilcom Technologies makes Radiation Shielding products; it has suited Girish Kumar very well to take advantage of his own status and stature in the scientific community, and fool people by inducing fear about cell phone radiation, using made-up and irrelevant statistics, all in order to eventually sell his own company's products, as the 'perfect' solution to this radiation problem (one that he has himself invented).

But no lie ever lasts, and people in this case too, have realized that the very basis for Girish Kumar's crusade, is false. It is a redundant & moot point, because simplistically put, one does not need any protection from harmless RF Waves; hence the question of shielding does not arise.

Girish Kumar may have seen moderate success for some time, but now he has been exposed. His reputation, his image, is all torn in tatters. And people know better than to believe a lying, selfish person out to profit from his dubious campaigns.

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Juhi Chawla's Dubious Support for Wilcom

Professor Girish Kumar and his daughter Neha Kumar have been propagating lies. Lies that cell phone tower radiation can cause harm to people. In the process, they are promoting the products of their own company Wilcom Technologies, which makes radiation shielding equipment. Of late, their movement has been exposed as a racket for profit-making. The deceit that lies behind their activist facade has been exposed. To counter that and keep up appearances, they have recently found the support of celebrity and actress Juhi Chawla, who has herself been on a rampage, holding protests, and filing legal petitions against the cell phone towers in her neighborhood of Malabar Hill.

Isn't this sudden voluntary interest of a celebrity suspect? Of course it is, because Juhi Chawla's husband happens to be Mr.Jay Mehta, a very successful businessman with interests in India & abroad, particularly in South Africa. And why is that of any consequence? Because a company called Lusaka Properties pvt ltd, which Mr.Jay Mehta is closely associated with, is the principal investor in Wilcom Technologies. Naturally then, for Juhi Chawla, Wilcom is like family. And to do anything in her power to offset the truth that has been exposed about the Kumars and Wilcom, is in her best interest. Like a dutiful family-member, Juhi Chawla is just playing her part in doing some PR and damage control. But the reasons for her sudden empathy with this fake radiation-cause; are obvious. And they are wrongly motivated.

No matter how hard they try, what antics they resort to, the Kumars can not escape peoples' ire for deceiving them. And their latest attempt, that of using Juhi Chawla as support, is extremely dubious and questionable. And people are asking questions, and seeing through the charade. Celebrities are known to do favors for people they are close to. And this after all, is almost a family-matter for Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. But ordinary citizens are aware and intelligent enough to see through it all. The Kumars and the Mehtas are in cahoots, and hence Juhi Chawla too.

View this presentation below for more:

 

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

What are Vigilance Telecom Monitoring cells

Telecommunications is the way forward in this socio-economic environment. And seeing the increasing number of telecom operators in the country, the Government has established multiple regulatory authorities to ensure a robust growth of the sector.

This was especially important at all the License Service Areas and Large Telecom Districts of the country. Its imperative to ensure that all service providers adhere to the license conditions and such a Telegraph Authority is was also needed to take care of network security issues. This is what lead to the creation of four Vigilance Telecom Monitoring cells (VTM) in Nov 2004.

Spread across the country in major metro cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, these cells checked the all illegal telecom activities and monitored the existing operators. As the sector grew, the number of VTM cells also grew by 9 in 2006, 15 in January 2007 and 6 in March 2007. Today, these 34 cells are fulfilling Vigilance, Monitoring and Security functions throughout the country.

As of 5th August 2008, the name of VTM Cells has been changed to Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) but the function remains the same – The smooth implementation of the government's telecom policy. Further details can be seen on - http://www.dot.gov.in/vtm/vtm.htm
As technical support to the TERM, under the Department of Telecom, the Telecommunication Engineering Centre or the TEC was formed. The aim of the TEC is to “Develop world-class standards and testing processes for certification of telecom equipment and networks for conformance to quality requirements”.

It is a technical body that has the clear mission to
  1. “Draw specifications for establishing state-of-the-art seamlessly interoperable networks, and certification thereof for conformance to quality requirements;
  2. Lay down technical parameters to ensure adherence to defined QoS and SLA;
  3. Implement mandatory certification procedure for all telecom products for conformance to technical, interoperability, EMI/EMC, security, safety, health requirements;
  4. Carry out testing and certification of equipment and networks;
  5. Draw guidelines for disaster resilient network, and for disaster management and recovery;
  6. Provide technical support and inputs to DoT and other government departments;
  7. Provide technical support to telecom service providers for operation and development of telecom network”
With such specialized authorities in place, there is no way that Cell operators can put their profits ahead of the people it serves. Cell technology and its implementation in India is and always will remain and safe means of communication and a path to a bright future.

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Rajasthan High Court Order To Ban Cell Towers Puts Citizens Into a Communication Vaccum

Some people have a need to spread lies and rumors. What they fail to realize is that not only does this induce panic, it can also result in official rulings that make it extremely problematic for large numbers of people to go about their everyday lives. And this is exactly what has happened in the case of The Rajasthan High Court's September 2012 order to bring down 200 cellular phone towers.

While it has been suggested & alleged by a small minority of people that cell phone tower radiation causes health hazards; the overwhelming evidence that is factual, scientific and widely proven, says the exact opposite. From studies such as the CEFALO across Europe to the harmless RF Waves that cell phone towers emit being given a clean chit from leading experts the world over; none of this has been taken into consideration by the courts. And in a very sad turn of events, the judiciary seems to have relied on some malicious peoples' equally malicious and completely made-up rumors.

In an age led by science and technology, the judicial system has relied on the exact opposite. The result, the removal of these cell phone towers has left millions without any cell phone network. And in an era where in our personal and professional lives, communication, largely done via cell phones, is indispensable; cell phone connectivity for the people of Rajasthan is almost non-existent. Its a very sad state of affairs.

Instead of moving forward and advancing, this single decision and ruling has turned back time and sent the people of an entire state back into the dark ages. How are they to communicate now? By using birds as messengers? When every shred of evidence evicts cell phone tower radiation; why the courts have not taken cognizance of this scientific data available from the most reliable experts in the public domain; is beyond any explanation.

The real sufferers, the people. Left high and dry and in a communication vacuum; they have been cut off in one deft stroke, and sent back to a bygone era of no communication. It is injustice, delivered by a sacred place that has taken people, facts, and justice itself, for granted!

Let us examine what this order is based on. It is based on rumors about how Cell Phone Tower Radiation can be harmful to human health. And for the sake of argument, let us now examine some widely proven, accepted, and acknowledged truths.


Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Rajasthan High Court Injustice

Governments and judiciaries are the two bodies that citizens look to, for justice. While the Government ought to bring about legislation and infrastructure that aids citizens, the judicial system hears cases and passes orders that give citizens a fair settlement. But in the case of the Rajasthan High Court's September order; any shred of justice has been lost. How? Because the honorable court's order to private cell phone companies to bring down two hundred cell phone towers is both incorrect & inconvenient, and is based on unscientific and unproven allegations about how cell phone tower radiation causes harm to citizens' health.

From 2004 to 2008, a study called CEFALO administered through various countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland proved that there is absolutely no link between cell phones and brain tumors (one of the few stronger allegations against cell phone radiation). Furthermore, the subjects of the study were young children, often more susceptible than adults. Still, science conclusively ruled out brain risks from cell phone radiation.

Similar studies the world over have entirely ruled out any health hazards from cell phone radiation. And how could there be? After all,  it is a well known and documented fact that radiation from cell phone towers is Radio Frequency (RF); a type of wave that is simply incapable of altering any DNA or human tissue, due to its weak strength. So the question of them causing any harm, let alone serious ailments such as brain damage and/or cancer; does not even come up.

This shortsighted and flawed order has only served to raise anxiety around something that does not even exist. Worse still, it has disrupted the everyday lives of millions of citizens that rely on their cell phones for very important personal and professional work; millions that are now left without any network on their cell phones. Is this a sign of justice? Or is it just pandering to myth and rumor? We need to make important decisions based purely on facts. And the facts in this case only condemn this absurd and outrageous high court order. Cell phones are a convenience, a necessity, and a lifeline; not a fatal aneurism as a small minority would have us believe. And at the very least, governments and judiciaries should not fall prey to this baseless talk.