The document discusses how cell phone radiation poses a threat to birds. It notes that the proliferation of cell phones and towers has led to increased electromagnetic radiation. Studies have shown that radiation can interfere with birds' navigation systems and cause thin skulls in chicks and thin eggshells. Sparrow populations in India have declined significantly near cell towers. The document calls for reducing radiation levels from towers and educating people on limiting cell phone use to reduce the threats posed to birds.

1. Cell Phone Radiation A Threat To Birds

2.  The world has experienced a phenomenal
growth in the number of smart phone users.
 Number of cell phone towers are increasing
day by day , without considering its
disadvantages.

3. “Every year, millions of tons of E- waste get distributed from countries like Australia
and U.S to developing countries like India and China, where it gets dumped at
landfills, which cause pollution to the environment owing to their toxic nature”
It contain concentrations of toxic heavy metals including
• Cadmium
• Lead
• Nickel
• Mercury
• Manganese
• Lithium
• Zinc
• Arsenic
• Antimony
• Beryllium and copper.

4. India Population
– 1.3+ billion
Mobile subscribers –
1.15 billion+
Mobile Towers – 6.06 +
lakhs

5. • SAR(Specific absorption rate) - Rateat which
radiation is absorbedby human body, measured in
watts per kg (W/kg).
• In India,max. SARlimit for cell phonesis 1.6W/Kg
which is for
• 6 minutes.It hasasafety margin of 3 to 4, soa person
should not usecell phone for more than 18 to 24
minutes perday.
• Thisinformation is not given to people in India.
SAR value and Cell phone use time
limit

6.  Birds re known to be sensitive to magnetic radiation.
Microwaves can interfere with their sensors and
misguide them while navigating and preying.
 Recent studies show that the increasing number of cell
phone towers in cities is bringing down birds population
and they can cause thin skulls of chicks and thin egg
shells.

8. • Sparrows were once abundant in the city spaces and rural
markets in India.
• But thesesmall birds are facing aserious threat
• But these small birds are facing a serious threat due to
radiation from mushrooming cell power tower.
• mobile phone towers are causing them to disappear from
the Indian landscape.
• Recent study has shown that sparrows were present only
in localities which are located at a particular distance
from the towers.

9. • Electro-magnetic radiation can cause thin skulls chicks
and thin eggshells.
• The team at the center for Environment and Vocational
studies of Punjab University exposed 50 eggs to EMR for
duration of 5 to 30 minutes. All the 50 embryos were
damaged.

10. • For protecting urban flora and fauna from emerging
threats of EMRthe experts aresuggesting
• Bold signs and messageson the dangers of cell phone
tower and radiation to bepostednear the position of
cell phone towers.
• Toprevent overlapping high radiation fields new
towers should not bepermitted within aradius of one
Km of existing towers.
• If new towers must bebuilt construct them to beabove
80 feet and below 199 feet aviation safety lighting.

11.  Useanti radiationpouches.
 Check SARvalues of mobile phones.
 Usereceivers to reduce radiation
emitted by mobiles .
 Reducethe amount of time spent on calls.
 Removethe cell towers from more populated areas.
“Reducethe power or remove the tower”.
Some More significant Steps to be checked
and undertaken

12. Recently a popular Bollywood movie “Robot 2.0” was
released in 2018 and it’s main message to the
audience was about the harm the mobiles and the
mobile tower radiation do to the birds.
So, it’s good that the filmmakers are also taking
initiatives to make a film to spread the awareness to
the common people about the harm done by the
mobile radiations.
Hope we will see more such initiatives to create
awareness among people to save the birds and our
rich fauna from the high radiation of mobile and
towers.

13. “Birds may comeand go for afew centuries,
which is just aminiscule span in the
evolutionary cycle.Ascities continue to grow,
somebirds, mainly scavengerslike crows
would proliferate at the expenseof other
birds. Experts may bedivided on the reasons
for the disappearance of birds, but everyone
agreeson one bad news: Once gone,these
birds would never beback.”