To,
Chief Secretary, and Chairman of State Level Telecom
Committee (STC),
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
To,
Secretary (Urban Development),
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
To,
Secretary (Education)
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
To,
Secretary (Health)
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
To,
Principal Secretary (Environment)
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
Subject: Mobile Tower radiation hazards for Students, Teacher, Parents
and Public
Dear Sir/Madam,
We wish to draw your attention to the indisputable evidence
of radiation hazards from mobile towers presented in Bio initiative 2007 that
got upgraded in 2012 and 2017. All the three editions are available online with
simple google search is prepared by 29 scientists from 10 countries in the
world including 02 of them from India. The report that contains over 1500 pages
is not sponsored by any electrical or telecom company and is outspoken on
radiation hazards faced by human beings and need for the applicability of
Precautionary Principle to face the radiation emitting from towers, mobile phones
etc.
We write this letter to you after our tryst with Goa
Government to request for the monitoring of mobile tower radiation in Goa. From
our correspondence with Goa State Pollution Control Board it has been revealed
that Goa Government does not have facility for monitoring of mobile tower
radiation and people who are raising this issue are directed towards term
centre in Nagpur, Pune etc. This has been the experience for past three years.
Now we have come across Bio imitative Reports and realized
that mobile phone and mobile tower radiation is one of the cause of several
diverse sicknesses such as breast cancer, rising infertility, high hearing
frequency loss, fatigue, Partial memory loss, Dizziness, Sleeping Disorders,
Skin infections, Hearing impairments, Cardiac Problems, Cancer, depression, insomnia, ovarian cancer,
vision loss in school children from smart phones, brain tumors, migraine, joint
pains, memory loss, effects on gene and protein exposure, damage to immune
system, Effects on neurology, childhood concerns, Alzheimer’s diseases,
Autism, etc.
In view of the above dangerous scenario created by mobile
phone technology you are requested to take up following urgent steps:
1.
Review the guidelines for installation of Mobile
Base Stations Towers, Goa State in the light of evidence of radiation hazard
contained in Bio-initiative 2012 and its upgraded version of 2017. We will be
happy to share the soft copies of these reports on request.
2.
Examine the enforcement of the guidelines for
installation of Mobile Base Stations Towers, Goa State. There are over 50
complaints received at GSPCB office and many are hanging in limbo as no
radiation monitoring is done for four years either from Nagpur or from Pune.
Induct efficient radiation testing capacity for the State of Goa.
3.
Initiate mobile tower audit for all the
Educational and residential localities in Goa. Installations, it is observed,
are carried on in violation of the guidelines mentioned. Barely 10 meters away
from the residential house of Mr. Placid D’Souza there is mobile tower in
Mapusa with 17 antennae. Barely 20 meters from Holy Cross High School, Siolim,
there is mobile Tower with nearly 20 antennae. Mobile Tower is being installed
in residential areas in Curduwada, Khandola, Ponda and opposed by villagers.
And so is the case in Merces, Tiswadi. Mobile Towers set up in residential
areas in Bambolim-Nauxim villages in spite of public opposition. All these are
without any monitoring facility of radiation.
4.
Initiate discussions and awareness on radiation
hazard in schools, colleges and public forums like media, Panchayats. Goa
boasts of being most literate state. Its time Goa also becomes most radiation
literate rather than surrender our destiny to vested interests and telecom
bullies who does not like questioning of mobile tower radiation.
All these measures are necessary
otherwise Goa will face accumulated impact of low intensity radiation over the
next few years, and we request you to oblige and take action.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
Maggie Silveira
President, Goa Unit
