NEW DELHI: India is not forthcoming in informing the people that mobile phones and towers pose no threat to health and they do not cause brain cancer, WHO’s Radiation and Environmental Health Unit’s first coordinator Michael Repacholi said here.
“The government has not been forthcoming in providing information to the general public and has been essentially mute on the issue,” Repacholi, also the chairman Emeritus of International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, said, adding that transparency reduces public concern.
He emphasized that WHO studies have proved that mobile phones do not affect human health or cause cancer or brain tumor. “It doesn’t cause even headache or sleep disorders. Other countries have websites with all information and direct links to WHO,” he added.
Repacholi, known for initiating the International EMF Project at WHO in Geneva in 1995, launched a book, “Mobile Phones and Public Health -Myths and Reality”, to address the misconceptions and fears related to mobile tower radiations.
He said India, despite being a member of WHO, is not accepting it’s recommendations. “…If the government says we are using the best available scientific standards recommended by the peak health organization, the public health concern goes down. Why wouldn’t an important country like India adopt the standards?” he asked.
WHO on September 20 had issued a statement on its website saying that mobile phone use does not cause cancer. -PTI
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