Officials from the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) have moved to reassure that mobile telephone communications towers pose no danger to public health. Speaking at a lecture in Jeddah on Sunday, officials said that wave emissions from the towers were 300 times below the levels permitted by world health organizations. The officials based their information on studies ordered by Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Emir of Riyadh Region, and jointly conducted by CITC, the Ministry of Health, and the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh. The study looked at 120 mobile telecommunications towers in various regions and concluded that wave emissions did not cause cancer as had been intimated in some circles. “The studies were conducted scientifically by university professors and confirmed that no danger was presented by telephone towers situated in residential areas or close to schools,” the officials said. The National Society for Human Rights also took part in the lecture, led by its president Hussein Al-Shareef, along with Ibrahim Al-Harbi from CITC, the Jeddah Mayoralty, the Saudi Electricity Company, and the Saudi Geological Survey. Al-Shareef said the lecture was held to allay public concerns over the possible harms of towers and antennas found in residential zones.
