Mobile towers potential health hazards: Juhi Chawla
PTI | 09:11 PM,Nov 02,2011Mumbai, Nov 2 (PTI) Actress Juhi Chawla today sought removal of mobile towers installed on the government buildings in the city dubbing them as "potential health hazards" for the local residents. Talking to reporters, Juhi, who lives opposite the state government guest house, Sahyadri, in posh South Mumbai, said "local residents were facing health problems due to these towers". The actress claimed that the guest house has 14 mobile towers and radiation levels in the vicinity are very high. "Considering the health hazards being faced by the local residents, the towers should be removed immediately," she said. Meanwhile, Minister of state for Environment Sachin Ahir said radiation from mobile towers is not hazardous to health. "The issue had figured in the legislative assembly as well and a expert committee was set up to look into the complaints. As per the report, radiation from mobile towers do not cause health problems," he said. Besides removal of towers, Juhi demanded clarity in specifications like height and number of towers in a given cluster, besides their distance from residential buildings and schools across the state. "The condition of local residents living nearby the mobile towers was like staying in a microwave oven," the actress said, adding standards of radiation should be reconsidered in the densely-populated areas.
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