Detex 189 - Cell Phone Tower Radiation Detector

Cell Phone Tower Radiation Detector :

     Detex 189 Cell Phone Tower Radiation Detector aims to allow people to measure the cumulative radiation levels in their immediate environment in order to take precautions to minimise their exposure to it. Due to the lack of public awareness about the harmful effects of cell-phone tower radiation, Indians are unwillingly exposing themselves to serious health hazards.

Health issues :
"We found a strong correlation between health problems and radiation levels," says Kumar, Director, NESA, referring to their survey. The common health issues are frequent headaches, sleep disorders , concentration and memory-related problems, joint pains, some cases of miscarriages, cardiovascular problems, anxiety, depression, confusion and cancer. "We found more frequent cases of health problems in areas where we measured radiation levels of four to five watts," she says.

Radiation Detector measures radiation levels from Mobile Towers. Radiation Detector 189 has been designed for quick and easy detection of radiation levels at a given spot in your premises (home or office). It is a broadband instrument and accurately detects the cumulative ration in the range of 800 MHz to 4 GHz, which covers frequencies used by most modern communication systems that are encountered in our day to day life (CDMA, GSM900, GSM1800, 3G and Wi-Fi/WLAN/Bluetooth frequency bands). Priced at Rs. 4,950.
   The radiation levels are indicated by three LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) - Green, Yellow and Red.
If only Green LED lights up, it implies SAFE level of radiation.
If Yellow LED as well as Green LED light up, it implies CAUTION level of radiation. Also buzzer will start BEEPING intermittently.
   If all three LEDs light up, i.e. Red, Yellow and Green LEDs, it implies DANGER level of radiation. Also buzzer will start BEEPING continuously.

          For radiations below -30 dBm, most people report no health problems, so this is indicated by the green LED. However, there are reports that some electro-sensitive individuals do experience adverse health effects even at radiation levels as low as -40dBm to -50 dBm.
Between -30 dBm and -15 dBm, some individuals complain of headaches, sleep disturbances, joint pain, memory loss, stress, fatigue, skin rashes and even miscarriages over a few years of exposure, so this is indicated by a Yellow LED.
       Above -15dBm, many individuals have reported the above-mentioned health problems within a year of exposure and few cases of cancer have been observed with in few years; so this is indicated by the Red LED.

If Radiation levels are high :
    If cell-tower radiation is high at your premises, which is indicated by the Red LED and /or the Yellow LED, you can request your government or telecom regulatory body to adopt stricter radiation norms. You can also request cell operators to reduce the transmitted power, ask them to change the direction of the transmitting antenna or even remove the tower.