Mobile usage: Brain cancer on rise, people going deaf, says Mumbai IIT Profby Dr. Asha Mishra Upadhyay, New Delhi, (UNI), 30 September 2018 (14:02 IST)
New Delhi: There is no doubt that while on one hand cellphones have made our lives way easier by bringing the world on our fingertips, but lack of knowledge regarding proper usage of mobile handsets in India and worse, the dangerous electromagnetic radiation emitted from the mobile towers is much more than set international standard.
As a result, hundreds of people are paying the price of this ‘technical advancement’ every year.
Findings of a new study point towards something even more sinister. According to the latest research, using cellphones for more than half an hour daily can double the risk of
brain tumour in the next 10 years.
The crusader initiating a fight against radiation,
Dr Girish Kumar -- professor in the department of Electrical Engineering of
IIT Mumbai -- told UNI, “I recently interacted with many renowned ENT specialists from different parts of the country and I have reached the conclusion that the cases of brain tumours and
hearing loss are on the rise. All the contacted specialists have agreed to one common fact: that number of brain tumours and hearing loss cases are increasing day by day. I have published this report in my magazine.”