Hebron-27-3-2007- Paltel Group has organized, in accordance with the activities of awareness campaign about Jawwal stations at Poly-technique University, a scientific specialized seminar about “mobile broadcasting towers and their health and environmental impacts”, in cooperation with Scientific Lectures Committee at the University. It was attended by Dr. Ishak Seder, dean of the faculty of engineering, Dr. Karim Tahbub, dean of scientific research, Dr. Raed Amro, responsible for scientific lectures at the university, and a big number of personnel and interested students.

 

 

 

 

During the seminar, held in the faculty of engineering, there was a discussion about the way Jawwal’s stations work, and presenting a real picture about the importance of having such towers to provide good communication means and continuity among the Palestinian people and the external world. The workshop has also included answers to the tens of questions raised by the customers in regard to some rumors about the dangers of communication towers generally, and Jawwal’s towers particularly.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ghandi Manasrah, from Palestine Poly-technique University , has given a scientific lecture about electromagnetic radiation produced by mobile telephone towers. He assured that, so far, there is no scientific evidence that rays produced by mobile telephone towers cause harmful impacts on health. He added, what the citizens say that mobile towers cause diseases to the surrounding residents is not true. The towers work by short waves, which are not ionized because their range is short and so it makes them ineffective. He based on scientific researches that were conducted by international organizations and the specialized magazines in this subject.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Adnan Al-Lahham, Director of Radiation Technology and Science Center-Al-Quds University, member of international advisory committee for the electromagnetic fields project- World Health Organization, has presented the different resources on electromagnetic radiation in the natural and artificial environment as well. He referred the reasons of people’s anxiety towards the spread of towers to the dominant scientific and medical culture. He emphasized not to believe the rumors that are not based on proved scientific facts. He added, in regard to the electromagnetic expected health impacts, the last published scientific researches by World Health Organization don’t indicate that the wireless frequency waves coming from the mobile stations’ aerials cause cancer or supports it or cause any other health damages.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Adnan Judeh, director of environmental radiation department at the Environment Quality Authority, has clarified the procedure of Environment Quality Authority in giving approvals to set up the mobile broadcasting stations which depends on the standards recommended by World Health Organization. He assured that the standards and conditions followed by Environment Quality Authority, in terms of mobile telephone towers, are the strictest ones in the world. He indicated that Palestinian Jawwal Company is committed to all those conditions and standards, and it subjects to continuous control by Environment Quality Authority.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ishak Seder, dean of the faculty of engineering at poly-technique University , emphasized on the necessity of educating the people about the importance of strengthening towers, emphasizing the importance of conducting such workshops to raise the citizens’ awareness about this subject, and to deny all the rumors regarding the towers.

 

 

 

 

Ala’ Hammash, Paltel’s Public Relations Coordinator in the southern governorates, has appreciated the cooperation by the educational personnel at the faculty of engineering and the Scientific Lectures Committee at Poly-technique University which played a positive role in the coordination and preparation for the workshop. He indicated that the Group will continue holding such workshops about this subject, in the framework of awareness campaign about Jawwal’s stations being carried out Palestine-wide.