A Review of the Potential Health Hazards of Radio Frequency Radiation from Cellular Base Station
Purno Mohon Ghosh *
Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Liton Chandra Paul
Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
A. F. M. Zainul Abadin
Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Over the last decade, detrimental effects of human exposure to electromagnetic radiations have received widespread attention. With the increasing number of cellular communication system around the world, the number of base transceiver station is also increasing. This scenario is very common around us. When these base stations are located in a crowd place and even on the top side of the building, it can create some panic to the general public. The electromagnetic radiation from these base stations may cause serious health hazard. This paper takes into account the adverse health effects caused by radiated electromagnetic energy from typical base stations in different countries and the exposure level due to these base stations are compared to international guideline like ICNIRP and FCC.
Keywords: Electromagnetic fields, base station, power density, exposure guideline