THURSDAY, June 12, (News Locale) - For some time now the usage mobiles phones has been associated to cause a number of dangerous diseases including brain tumor and cancer of salivary gland. However there is no conclusive evidence to prove these claims. The Union Health Ministry has not decided to conduct a study to gauge the effects of mobile phone radiations on human health. 

The study will include 4,000 participants and will be conducted under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research in association with JNU''s School of Environmental Sciences and obstetrics & gynecology, neurology and biochemistry departments of AIIMS.

Mobile phone radiations have been linked to various disorders like depression and sleeping disorders. The present study will also try to pin point if the radio frequency wave radiations cause any effect on fertility of humans, on menstrual cycle, hormonal changes in women and the male reproductive system.

Furthermore the study will also analyze if the radio frequency wave radiations in India are compliant with international standards.

A number of international studies have researched the effects of mobile phone radiations on human health. In February this year Finnish scientists revealed that radiation from mobiles phones could alter the protein structure of the human skin, although its affect on the health is not yet known.

Similarly Swedish scientists had revealed in the October 2007 issue of the journal Occupational Environmental Medicine that using the mobile phone for just an hour every day for 10 years is enough to increase the risk of developing cancer.

A number of independent research efforts carried out in recent years have pin pointed the dangers posed by excessive use of mobile phones, though the World Health Organization concluded that while there might be some health risks posed by radiation from cell phones, serious health effects such as cancer are unlikely.

The current Indian initiative is to be welcomed because the mobile phone user base in India is growing rapidly.