Monthly Archives: January 2013

31 Jan, 2013, 01.15AM IST, Myths about radiation risks from cell tower By K S Parthasarathy “Living in Mumbai is like living in an open microwave oven! The public exposed to EM radiation from cell phone towers is getting cooked!” … Continue reading →

My tryst with atomic energy* By Dr K S Parthasarathy I  came to Bombay on 14th August 1963. The crowds at Dadar railway station unnerved me. I saw Mr. P.P.R. Nair – a family friend and my “local guardian”- pacing … Continue reading →

In a scary set of slides on the biological effects of cell tower radiation on human body, I found the following gem! “Multiple Resonances- Localized heating- This results in boils, drying up of the fluids around the eyes, brain, joints, … Continue reading →

 In an article titled  “Communication towers: expert committee report plagiarised”, (The Hindu, August 30, 2012) Dr R Prasad  wrote that the “Report on possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife including birds and bees,” is a textbook example of how … Continue reading →

Hazards of reading the “Report on Cell Tower Radiation” Prof. Girish Kumar of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay submitted to the Department of Telecom a document titled “Report on Cell Tower Radiation” . In fact, a senior  journalist … Continue reading →

Is work in a nuclear power plant risky? A 24 year old who is about to join the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) as a scientific officer, is troubled by what he saw on a TV channel. He is unmarried; … Continue reading →

Story of a superbug Do you like cockroaches? I do. They have some special traits. They are very radiation-resistant. Deinococcus Radiodurans (DR) — a bacterium — beats cockroaches more convincingly in the game. They can survive enormous doses of radiation. … Continue reading →

Genetic effects of radiation On August 6, 1945, an atom bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. Nagasaki was bombed three days later. Many people believe in the myth that radiation exposure induced gruesome genetic effects to the children of those who … Continue reading →

Cigarettes contain radioactivity Cigarettes contain measurable amounts of radioactivity in the form of polonium-210 and lead -210. A researcher working with US Department of Agriculture discovered  that the radioactivity came from phosphatic fertilizers which contained  uranium and its decay product … Continue reading →