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Wireless Radiation Protection

CONCLUSION

Set a bird song as your mobile ringtone.That may soon be the only wayyou get to hear from our winged

friends, studies show that the increasing number of cell phone towers in cities is bringing down bird

population.

If waves from cell phones were to affect health, then radio waves which have existed for a long a time

now, should have done much damage, .

Sparrows are affected by cell phone radiation just like any other living being. Tying a cell phone in

operation to a sparrows body can lead to heating of the sparrow. Beyond this, there is no correlationbetween cell phone radiationwhether from the hand-held devices or towersand decline in sparrow

population, said Prof Narasimhan.

Some recent reports have suggested that microwaves cause DNA mutation in the egg yolk or irreparable

damage to atoms. If this were true, eggs randomly should pop-off in nests all over a region due to

incessant cell phone microwave radiation noise, he said.

INTRO

The population of house sparrow, the small bird that lives in nest colonies close to humanhabitats, is

threatened by proliferation of mobile phone towers. This avian species canstill be spotted at over two-

thirds of the world's land surface. But reports are pouring infrom all over India and around the world of

rapid decline in the populations of these onceabundant birds. Birds are known to be sensitive tomagnetic radiation. Microwaves caninterfere with their sensors and misguide them while navigating and

preying. This reportis about to analyze the current condition of sparrows and finding out the reasons

behindtheir decline.

The study by the Kerala Environment Research Association (KERA), an NGO, said the eggs of sparrows

nesting on mobile phone towers failed to hatch even after a month, though their normalincubation

period ranged from 10 days to a fortnight.


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HISTORY:

The ancient Romans introduced the house sparrow to Europe from North Africa andEurasia. Human

exploration and migration then took the bird to many other parts of theglobe, including North and

South America, South Africa, India, Australia and NewZealand.Being a social bird, the sparrow thrived

around human beings and where grain wasabundant. Despite being derided as avian rat' in the late

19th century (for damaging cerealand other crops), the sparrow steadily colonised' a number of

countries. The demise of vastnumbers of this spunky bird is all the more shocking since it is a survivor;

sparrows have been found breeding high up in the Himalaya and down below in Yorkshire coal mines.

FINDING(HOW)

The electromagnetic radiation emerging from mobile tower and mobile phones has caused thedecline of

sparrows. Increasing number of mobile towers in urban and rural areas is affecting the breeding of

sparrows. The eggs of sparrows failed to hatch in presence of electromagneticradiation even after a

month, though their normal incubation period ranged from 10 -12 days.Apart from this, changing

lifestyles and architectural evolution have wreaked havoc on the bird'shabitat and food sources. Modern

buildings devoid of eaves and crannies, disappearing homegardens and crop fields cleaned of insects by

the use of chemical pesticides, all play a part indenying sparrows nesting sites and food, especially for

the young. It is the same sad story for thesparrow all over the globe. To protect the sparrows to becomefully out of the world Sacon haslaunched the Common Bird Conservation Programme. This is in addition

to the EndangeredSpecies Conservation Programme, which is investigating factors affecting the

populations of endangered birds.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Government should make such norms that can control the increasing number of mobile network

providers in a particular region. There should be only 3 to 4 network providers in a particular region. It

will decrease the rate of increase of mobile towers and can be a limiting factor to their quantities.Such

technologies should be introduced that can facilitate network providers to operate their service jointly

from a single tower. This will also reduce the number of towers in a particular area and so the

radiation.Buildings and apartments should be made environment friendly that can providefavorableenvironment to the birds for nesting and breeding.

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