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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta has continue to argue against the position of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) that exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) from base transceiver masts is hazardous to human health.
Prof. Danbatta’s position as reported by TheNewsGuru was that the belief that telecom masts and/or towers constitute health hazards was mere imagination and myth, stressing that the belief “…has no scientific base”.
Prof Danbatta was responding to questions yesterday in Abuja at a sitting of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee that is currently investigating the health implications of mounting telecommunications masts close to buildings.
“With regards to other professional bodies like Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), we don’t have any quarrel with their positions.
“The only question is when we say exposure to electromagnetic field is hazardous to health what level are we talking about? We have to define the level of exposure that is hazardous to human beings.
“Of course if you generate a massive electromagnetic field of unprecedented proportion and put a person inside, there will be medical consequences,” Danbatta said at the sitting.
To prove his point further, Danbatta said given the concerns, researches so far conducted in areas where telecoms masts are located have not indicated any adverse health effects.
“What we are saying is that: provided the limit specified is observed and NCC is there to ensure compliance with that limit, there is no health hazard.
“There is a limit of safety below which electromagnetic fields do not cause any harm to health,” he explained.