Press Trust of India

New Delhi, January 23, 2005|04:31 IST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will ask the Health Ministry to study the possible health hazards of the usage of cellphones.

Congress MP Murli Deora, who met the Prime Minister on Saturday in this connection, said Singh shared his concern and would ask the Health Ministry to study any health hazards related to the usage of cellphones and ways to deal with it.

Deora, on whose PIL the Supreme Court ordered a ban on public smoking, has urged the Centre to initiate a legislation in this regard.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Deora raised concerns over the health hazards that may be associated with cellphone usage. The medical research fraternity around the world is concerned about health hazards from mobile phones, he said.

"The range of health hazards identified by the researchers till now is alarmingly scary and mind-boggling," he said. "This impending threat renders it imperative for the Government to initiate urgent legislation," he added.

Deora said the legislation should make it mandatory for all cellphone companies to undertake research to "unambiguously establish that cellphone usage does not expose users to health hazards".

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