Dissatisfied with the action taken by authorities against mobile tower radiation, and increasingly concerned about its health hazards, south Mumbai residents have decided to take the issue into their own hands.

Accompanied by technical experts from the US, residents will visit more than 10 spots in the island city, including hospitals, schools and residential areas, to measure the intensity of electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation emitted by mobile towers atop buildings in the vicinity. These include the Happy Home and School for the Blind in Worli, Haji Ali Juice Centre, Jaslok Hospital and the Ambani residence at Cuffe Parade. The measuring tour, which will begin on Sunday morning, will consider parameters such as the EMF radiation reading, the height of the tower and distance between the antenna and the building next door.

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking the tightening of electro-magnetic field (EMF) radiation norms and setting up of an independent regulatory body to monitor and enforce them.

A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice C.K.Prasad rejected the plea, but indicated the court could intervene later if the standards do not meet the purpose.

We are seeing a spate of report from around the United States—and indeed around the world—of fires believed to have been caused by smart meters that were faulty, incorrectly installed, or connected to circuits where there were unfortunate and unforeseen effects. This appears to be not just a matter of freak incidents that may or may not have taken place here or there. In a compilation made by the EMF Safety Network, which specializes in EMF and RF precaution, there are at least a couple of dozen smart meter fire reports from Australia to Canada and virtually all regions of the United States, and some of those reports concern a couple of dozen fire incidents. In some cases fires appear to have originated in the meters themselves, in other cases in appliances like microwave ovens or refrigerators (as in the photo above), because of power surges.