Not in my backyard, Goa protests rock cellular companies

“Come to think about it, where would we get our phone network without the mobile towers, wrote Zeno, an apprehensive mobile user, on a popular social media group of Cuncolim village in South Goa.

His deep concerns arose as the civic body threatened to

demolish a newly erected tower erected, sans permission from the municipality,

by a prominent cellular company.

Zeno’s was one who fell on the other side of the fence.

He was a lone voice in the wilderness. A section of the people, who

incidentally are using the services of the cellular companies, are up in arms

against the erection of mobiles in residential areas.

Not in my backyard, is the common phrase which is going

around in the western state of Goa.

The agitator’s main concerns are radiation fears. Are the

fears farfetched or are they for real,’ is a debatable issue.

Experts opinion is not available locally says Seby

Rodrigues, a social activist who has been following the cases allover Goa.

“Goa has no facility to monitor mobile tower radiation

and Term Cell in Nagpur is the body which has been handed the task of

monitoring (radiation) in Goa. On 20th July 2017 it will one year since Goa

Government decided to hand over monitoring of mobile tower radiation to Nagpur

based Term cell in Maharashtra. On September 09, 2016 letter was sent to term

cell in Nagpur,” says Seby.

“What shocked us now is that inquiries at Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) revealed that they have no information whether

Term cell is monitoring or not even though there are several complainants to mobile towers all over Goa,” he adds.

Radiation from towers happen says Seby and lists out a few website to drive him his point.

“Radiation from Mobile towers is harmful to every living form including human, animal, birds, plants, crops, reptiles and fish. There

are hundreds of scientific studies about the harmful effects of microwave radiation, and also specifically about the effects of mobile towers.

“Radiation affects everyone and it’s rather bizarre that Goa Government is not at all serious about monitoring of radiation. If Goa cannot afford to monitor radiation from mobile towers then all the mobile towers must be shut down till monitoring

facility is put in place. We request all the public and public representatives to issue on the agenda and initiate action to get strict monitoring of

mobile phone towers.

https://emfscientist.org/

http://www.disconnectbook.com/

http://microwavenews.com/

http://www.bioinitiative.org/

https://www.emf-portal.org/en

Another very noticeable study is at links below:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X15003988