IMPACTS OF CELL SITES ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Pressing issues as sustainable development, especially dealing with telecommunications and the environment we live in, is an important topic for discussion. This research note may be viewed on request. 

Abstract
Development is no doubt facilitated by some industrial activities. The ecosystem has always been challenged by these, and activities such as wireless telecommunication and technology are now common place around the world. Much of this technology relies on radio frequencies and the concern is that exposure to such electromagnetic fields may have significant impacts on the environment.

Fixed antennas or base stations form a core spot on the wireless technology platform. Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are increasingly installed in homes, offices and public places to allow for high speed internet access and services.

Alteration to the balance of the ecosystem when locating and constructing cell sites is worth reviewing. Epidemiological concerns such as increase in brain cancer, leukemia and other cancers, cardiac, neurological and reproductive health effects are also worth enumerating. There is a question of waste management as a result of abandoned or old telecommunication equipment as new technology produces new devices and an issue of air pollution from the exhaust of the energy generation facilities especially in developing
countries.

British Chevening Scholarship

I received a mail about the above mentioned issue from someone at the British council here in Nigeria, it says that Application for 2008/2009 Chevening Scholarship will be opened around 1, May 2007, and preliminary application forms will be available for collection from any of the British Council Offices in Lagos , Abuja , Kano and Port-Harcourt at no cost.

Find the basic requirement for the Chevening Scholarship below:

• First Degree (Minimum of Second Class Upper Division)
• Established in a career/work experience with potential to make positive impact on the future of Nigeria
• Aged between 25-40(men) and 25-45(Women)
• Funding is for post graduate studies only.

Stay tuned and good luck.

Young engineers’ shift

culled up from ASCE international newsletter

“Those young engineers who strive to no longer be engineers,” Le Figaro (online), February 28, 2007— For several years now, more and more engineering graduates in France are looking to work in other fields such as banking, finance, accounting, consulting, or marketing, among others, to reap the higher salaries found there, according to an article in the French newspaper Le Figaro. A recent study indicates that graduates of scientific and technical fields hold almost 20% of the positions in such other professions. One major consulting firm plans to seek half its 850 recruits among engineers. A representative of the firm praises these graduates as possessing the talent for synthesis and rigor, traits prized among consultants, according to the article. For some engineering graduates,

Who are you?

Personality Quiz – Strengths
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