ID Number		2478
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		The objective of this study was to determine public concern regarding EMR based on a questionnaire listing non-specific health symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, etc.
Details		AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Suleiman and Gee 2015 (IEEE #5978): There has been increasing public concern on the effects of electromagnetic field radiation (EMR) from telecommunication towers (TELCO). These towers have been constructed in housing areas, school compounds, apartments, multi-storey shop-lot rooftops and within compounds of mosques throughout Malaysia and other countries. This paper will discuss four studies on public concern of EMR from TELCO towers that were conducted at Petaling Jaya, Taiping, Penang Island and Johor Bahru residential areas since 2008. There was one group of residents on Penang Island that was taken as a control group since they were not exposed to EMR from TELCO tower.This study found that the residents who were exposed to the EMR felt that the TELCO towers should be removed, the authorities should not have been allowed to build the towers; and residents would even move out of the area within the vicinity of a TELCO tower because they were concerned of the health effects. The intention of this paper is not to dismantle TELCO towers in housing areas, instead it serves to create awareness on the health effects of EMR and to suggest a change in policy that would convince operators to reduce transmitted power from 20W/carrier to max 1-2 W in dense urban area or to observe a minimal distance of residence from cellular phone base stations that is more than 150 m.
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
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Funding Agency		?????
Country		MALASIA
References		Suleiman, A et al. 2nd International Conference on Global Trends in Academic Research (GTAR- 2015), (2015) 2:328-335
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